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Rhetorical Analysis

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For this paper, you will be analyzing the rhetoric of one of the essays from this unit (NOTE: You may NOT use “He Said She Said” or “The Gender War is On”). In a rhetorical analysis, you should not say whether or not you agree/disagree with the author. You are just analyzing how the writing is effective or where it is not effective. Your thesis statement should be built around an answer to the following questions: What is the author’s intended purpose in this essay (what is the author trying to achieve) and is the author successful; why/why not?
In your analysis, consider at least a few of the following:
Content: How does the author treat the subject matter? What sort of evidence does the author provide to support the assertion/thesis? Note where the author relies on logos, pathos, and/or ethos.
Style: Is the style of the essay formal or more casual? Is the style appropriate to the content? Choose an important passage (a sentence or a few sentences) to “close read.” To perform a close reading, consider all formal elements the author uses (including punctuation and word choice) and decide how that helps effect the content.
Structure: How is the essay structured? Does there seem to be a logical order to the essay? Consider introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Tone: What is the tone (or tones) of this essay and how is the tone achieved? For tone, note diction (word choice) the author uses.
You should cite direct quotes and paraphrased evidence from the text to support your analysis. Avoid first-person (“I”) statements.

 

Rhetorical Analysis, Rhetorical Argument, and Research

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provide me a topic (within 3 days) to get it approved with my professor first before starting to write.
select a speech you would like to write about and provide a link to the speech, a note about what interests you about the speech, and your level of understanding about the speech topic at this point in time

 

Speeches provide a rich opportunity for us to examine and practice rhetorical analysis and argumentation. Remember, our working definition of rhetoric is: “The study and/or use of persuasive language.” In this essay, you will be utilizing both sides of this definition (i.e., “study and use”). You will be examining someone else’s language in order to make an argument about the effectiveness of its persuasiveness (or lack thereof).

The speech you choose could be historical, political, relevant in the media, or even inspirational. It can be a graduation speech, a groomsman or bridesmaid speech that went viral, a TED Talk. It can only exist on paper (such as one delivered before radio or television) although sometimes there is more to write about when you examine body language and tone as well.

Write an essay in which you evaluate the effectiveness of the speech. You could even argue the ineffectiveness of a speech, but make sure to provide examples and explanations as to why. Your research should inform your understanding of the target demographic; you do not get to guess what the demographic may be. What are the intentions of the speech and who is the speech intended for? In the same thesis, you will argue for the speech’s efficacy. Thus, your research will also include examination of delivery techniques.

Make sure to analyze the speech’s use of ethos, logos, and or pathos Links to an external site.. It may be helpful to choose a speech in which you are able to watch the speaker deliver their speech. What was their tone and how did it change? What was their body language like throughout the speech?

If you choose a speech in which you cannot visually analyze the speaker, consider what kind of delivery would’ve been the most compelling.

 

Rhetorical Analysis, Rhetorical Argument, and Research

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provide me a topic (within 3 days) to get it approved with my professor first before starting to write.
select a speech you would like to write about and provide a link to the speech, a note about what interests you about the speech, and your level of understanding about the speech topic at this point in time

 

Speeches provide a rich opportunity for us to examine and practice rhetorical analysis and argumentation. Remember, our working definition of rhetoric is: “The study and/or use of persuasive language.” In this essay, you will be utilizing both sides of this definition (i.e., “study and use”). You will be examining someone else’s language in order to make an argument about the effectiveness of its persuasiveness (or lack thereof).

The speech you choose could be historical, political, relevant in the media, or even inspirational. It can be a graduation speech, a groomsman or bridesmaid speech that went viral, a TED Talk. It can only exist on paper (such as one delivered before radio or television) although sometimes there is more to write about when you examine body language and tone as well.

Write an essay in which you evaluate the effectiveness of the speech. You could even argue the ineffectiveness of a speech, but make sure to provide examples and explanations as to why. Your research should inform your understanding of the target demographic; you do not get to guess what the demographic may be. What are the intentions of the speech and who is the speech intended for? In the same thesis, you will argue for the speech’s efficacy. Thus, your research will also include examination of delivery techniques.

Make sure to analyze the speech’s use of ethos, logos, and or pathos Links to an external site.. It may be helpful to choose a speech in which you are able to watch the speaker deliver their speech. What was their tone and how did it change? What was their body language like throughout the speech?

If you choose a speech in which you cannot visually analyze the speaker, consider what kind of delivery would’ve been the most compelling.

 

Rhetorical analysis

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Use one of the four linked essays below. Keep in mind some of the strategies we covered this week on rhetorical analysis. Our main questions to consider are: who is the intended audience of the essay? is the essay effective? Is this essay credible? What is the article missing? How credible is the author? To better answer these questions, be sure to find the following:
• Who is the author, and why is this important?
• When was the essay written, and why is this important?
• What claim is the author making?
• What kind of claim is the author making (fact, value, or policy)? How does the author support this claim?
• What is the warrant that connects the claim and the support?
ESSAYS to choose from:
“Why Do People Spread False Information Online?”
• Link: https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=OVIC&u=mill30389&id=GALE|A637699196&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-OVIC&asid=01ab9d10
“The Doom Spiral of Pernicious Polarization” (polarization in the U.S. due to politics and media sources)
• Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/us-democrat-republican-partisan-polarization/629925/
“Consider the Lobster” (ethics of food choices)
• Link: http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
“How We Killed Expertise (and Why We Need it Back)”

Rhetorical analysis

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Demonstrate your ability to notice, explain and assess rhetorical features of a text,
which will help you build your critical reading and thinking skills.
General directive
Read, understand and conduct a rhetorical analysis of the Dark
Mountain Manifesto(https://dark-mountain.net/about/manifesto/). A rhetorical analysis examines how and why
an author chose to write a text the way he/she has. A rhetorical analysis explains the target audience of and
the potential motivations for writing the text, and describes the persuasive qualities of the structure of a text
and its compositional techniques and figures of speech. In your rhetorical analysis you should critically assess
the means by which the authors of each manifesto has tried to influence or persuade readers.
Steps
1.To begin your rhetorical analysis, construct a table of rhetorical features you will analyze and divide the table
into two columns to help you distinguish between what the author wrote and why he/she wrote it in this way.
For example, you may consider all or some of the questions in the worksheet in the syllabus.
Develop your own thesis statement for your rhetorical analysis.
In your essay compare the rhetorical features of each text in a logical way. For example, you could start by
identifying the author’s main thesis, his/her purpose in writing this piece and his/her intended audience. Next,
you could explain the rhetorical features of the text, the reason for their use and the extent to which they are
effective writing strategies. Make sure not to simply summarize the rhetorical strategies the author uses often,
but assess the extent to which they are compelling and effective.
Each paragraph should contain a strong topic sentence declaring the purpose of the rhetorical strategy you will
discuss. The order of the paragraphs should be logical and support your thesis statement.
A rhetorical analysis is not a summary. In a rhetorical analysis you have to analyze and assess not only what
an author wrote, but why he/she wrote it in a certain way

 

 

Rhetorical Analysis

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Analyze a compostition of your choosing for rhetorical effect and message. You will write an essay in which you analyze how effectively a selected compostition achieves its rhetorical purpose.
Would you say this text is generally effective or not and why not? The Response to the question needs to be in the thesis of the essay… Why does the author use logos, pathos, and ethos to achive her purpose?
The five Components of Retoric.
Purpose
Audience
Tone
Genre
Context
Well- developed theis with supporting ideas.

 

Rhetorical analysis

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Compose a rhetorical analysis of some image; the composition should argue for a particular interpretation of the image.

Select an image from the array of images
Consider the following elements of your image:
The rhetorical situation of the image, including the author, audience, purpose, context, tone, genre, design, constraints, and exigence
The rhetorical strategies, or how the image is composed to produce a specific effect (use of color, layout, contrast, etc.)
The rhetorical appeals (ethos/pathos/logos), or ways the image seeks to engage its audience
Compose a thesis that argues your interpretation (i.e. a particular way of viewing the image) based on the choices made in its construction. See the Introduction to Visual Analysis page and PowerPoint posted in the current module.
Support your thesis by describing AND analyzing various elements of your image (see #2 above) that support your overall argument about the image.
Conclude by reinforcing the key points and highlighting why the conversation is important in contemporary society.