Mastering Rhetorical Analysis in Academic Writing
Dive into the essentials of analyzing and evaluating authors' arguments, claims, and rhetorical strategies in academic texts. Uncover how ethos, pathos, and logos contribute to persuasion and explore effective writing techniques and strategies. Enhance your understanding of constructing introductions, thesis statements, and engaging hooks while avoiding common pitfalls in writing.
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RWS 200 // 9-18-18 // Andrew Testa Writing Assignment 1
Recap Recap of last class.
Assignment One SLO 1. Analyze and evaluate an author s argument, claim, project, and assumptions, as well as the rhetorical strategies used to construct the text. 2. Explain how those strategies contribute to the author s appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos. 3. Evaluate the extent to which those appeals persuade the intended audience. 4. Consider how those strategies are based on key assumptions the author makes about that audience.
Outline 1.Writing the Essay 2.PIE 3.They Say/I Say 4.Quick Write 5.Group Work
GOAT Advice Write like you talk and talk like you write
Introductions Hook about early adulthood will probably be a paragraph itself. Rhetorical situation for Selingo. Thesis.
Ways to Hook A personal experience relevant to early adulthood. A thought-provoking question. An extremely relevant quote. An alarming statistic. Reveal a misconception. Set a scene with a story. Establish significance of issue (probably do in outro).
Ways Not to Hook No from dawn of mankind or society values. No vague quotes. No Webster Dictionary. Make sure it connects to rhetorical situation.
How to Write Rhetorical Situation Do not just say The genre is The publication is The author is Try to combine/weave it into the introduction. It can be said in just a few sentences. Transition from hook to rhetorical situation.
Thesis The thesis statement is one of the most important parts of your essay. It is what you are going to argue and your central point. Good theses are argumentative, controversial, analytical, specific, and supported. I recommend simply using the thesis I gave in the prompt: In this paper I will perform a rhetorical analysis of Selingo s article in order to show that he has crafted a persuasive argument.
First Body Paragraph State Selingo s project and argument. Quote the argument. Explain what he is trying to say in your own words. Use the terms ( Selingo argues that and Selingo sproject is )
The Argument This is it: In the journey to adulthood, they are either Sprinters, Wanderers or Stragglers (18). Remember to directly quote it (include paragraph number) and explain it in your own words in a few sentences. Project
Next Body Paragraphs State Selingo s major claims. This will be 2+ major claims depending on how much you want to talk about his claims. Quote the claim and explain it.
A Few Major Claims If that were the case, recent graduates wouldn t be standing in the unemployment line or settling for jobs that don t require a bachelor s degree. How they navigate their college years also matters. (17) The reality, however, is that a growing number of emerging adults lack the financial flexibility to change jobs or to take low-paying positions that might be great career starters. The problem? Student loans. (28) But [advising services] also prevent students from building the resilience they will need as adults to manage risk and succeed in unpredictable careers. (64)
Rhetorical Strategy Paragraphs Topic sentence: state that Selingo employs rhetorical strategy XYZ in order to appeal to XYZ. Perhaps Selingo s most important rhetorical strategy is precedent, which appeals to logos and ethos. Quote where the strategy is at in the text. For example, Selingo asserts, [quote] (#). Explain what it appeals to. If these paragraphs are looking short, I recommend discussing two appeals in relation to one strategy. This is an example of logos because Evaluate how persuasive it is on the audience. This is persuasive/effective because
Assumptions Paragraph Try your best with stating an assumption Selingo makes in regard to the rhetorical strategies you just analyzed and/or the audience. You can say something like: Although Selingo crafts a persuasive text, he does have some assumptions. One of his biggest assumptions is that This can be 1 or 2 paragraphs depending on how much you ve talked about everything else. No quote needed here.
Assignment 1 Questions? Anyone have any questions about assignment 1? I ll talk about conclusions on Thursday.
2. Easy as PIE PIE is a way to structure body paragraphs. It is a common format for body paragraphs. P oint Make a point. I llustrate Illustrate the point with a quote/specific example. E xplain Explain or elaborate on the point in the context of the illustration.
Point A point... interprets the text or topic. states your opinion. relates directly back to the thesis. The point is your idea. AKA the topic sentence.
Illustrate An illustration... quotes or paraphrases the text. points to a specific example usually one thing that happened once. An illustration comes out of your reading. It is quoted. AKA the quote from text.
Explain An explanation... shows how your point and your illustration fit together. refines and clarifies the point in light of the illustration. The explanation is your idea. It is the bulk of your evaluation.
3. They Say/I Say Quoting - It s important to get correct! Quote relevant passages. Frame every quotation. Templates for introducing quotations. Templates for explaining quotations. Avoid redundancy/wordiness. Try for at least 1 quote per body paragraph.
They Say/I Say For example, according to Selingo, ______ (#). For instance, Selingo states that ______ (#). In one passage, Selingo asserts, ______ (#). Markedly, Selingo sevidence is that ______ (#). In one example of evidence, Selingo posits Selingo sonly evidence is that ______ (#). Essentially, Selingo posits, ______ (#).
MLA In-Text Citations Titles In the article Nirvana Blows, Courtney Love argues that For example, Love asserts that Nirvana made unintelligible noise and not real music (51). In perhaps her strongest claim, Love states, Kurt wrote that song about me (52). In this essay, cite the paragraph number. You do not need the last name because the reader knows his name since the entire essay is about him.
4. Quick Write Do you think you will sprint, stroll, or stumble into adulthood? Why?
5. Group Work You will split into three groups. That s ~10 people per group. Your task is to craft a short low stress presentation in which you highlight the claims, strategies, and assumptions in your section.
What You Should Do: Create a COOL group name. (MANDATORY!) Elect 1 or 2 leaders of the group. Elect 1 or 2 people to present. Elect 1 or 2 people to be scribes. Delegate the analysis portion (have a few people work on major claims, a few work on rhetorical strategies, a few work on assumptions).
Presentation Criteria Discuss the claims, strategies, and assumptions. Write your findings on the board and present them to me and the class. DON T STRESS OUT.
Short Rough Draft 9/20 Your short rough draft is due on Thursday, 9/20. We will have a mandatory workshop. Submit draft to Blackboard.
