PPT-WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

WHAT IS A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS An examination of how a text persuades us of its point of view An application of your critical reading skills to break down the whole of a text into the sum of its parts. Source URL: - literacy/understanding - arguments/rhetorical - analysis/rhetorical - appeals/583 - rhetorical - appeals Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/ courses/# 1.1.2 Attributed to: [Writing Comm (. P. atterns of Development). Rhetorica. l Mode. Purpose. Description. To detail what a person, place or object is like. Narration. To relate an event. Illustration. To. provide specific instances or examples. Syntax. How sentence structure may be a rhetorical strategy. Syntax is the order of words in a sentence/the sentence structure. Certain syntactical choices can have a . rhetorical effect . and can contribute to the . The Art of Language. Day 1. Vocabulary. Lit Circles: Individual Assessment. WA Exemplars & Scoring. Artful Language Unit Agenda. Stoic. Dissuade. Defiant. Stern. Maniacal. Emphasis. Painstaking. SIMILE. METAPHOR. ALLUSION. . HYPERBOLE. UNDERSTATEMENT. Rhetorical Analysis. What the Author Does. Rhetorical devices . are the tools the writer uses to produce the writing. . Rhetorical technique . Objective: . LAFS.910.RI.2.6: Determine . an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.. Target Skill. : . To write a rhetorical analysis of an argument.. Rhet. Analysis. AA. Respond: . “. Wack. Writing” . questions and prompts. Turn in Ch. 2 packet. Rhetorical Analysis . . . . . is sometimes not boring.. Practice Quiz: Rhetorical Situation. Read “Quick-witted . . . . (. P. atterns of Development). Rhetorica. l Mode. Purpose. Description. To detail what a person, place or object is like. Narration. To relate an event. Illustration. To. provide specific instances or examples. Analyzing . W. ith . T. he Whole . T. ext . I. n Mind. Rhetorical Strategies vs Rhetorical Devices . A way or method of presenting a subject. Narration . Description. Process Analysis. Exemplification. rhetorical context?. SPAM . is a set of tools we’ll use to look at . rhetorical context . and make decisions about how to best communicate our ideas. .. S. ituation:. P. urpose:. A. udience:. M. ode:. Today. , I’ll learn to analyze text using concrete evidence to draw abstract associations in order to make a . valid synthesis . claim.. I’ll know I have learned this when my . synthesis claim . meets or exceeds the criteria for success.. We ask students to interpret, analyze, evaluate and produce written . arguments because . this is central to academic literacy, critical thinking, and civic . life. . - . Lasch. : “argument is the essence of education,” and “central to democratic culture. The . Rhetorical Situation. PURDUE OWL STAFF. Brought to you in cooperation with the Purdue Online Writing Lab. What is a Rhetorical Situation?. Rhetoric. : . Using language effectively to persuade, inform, educate, or . APEL Course Premise. Analyze nonfiction texts. Analyze . HOW. . a writer presents their message. Discuss . HOW. . a device affects a text on micro and macro levels. Compose your writing with specific language (varied abstractions).