Development of Rhetorical Analysis Ideas

POST a response to the prompt below by Thursday, 9/3, 11 pm.

RESPOND to 2 other posts (it will probably be most helpful to read how other people analyzed the same article that you have chosen for the Rhetorical Analysis Essay) by Friday, 9/4, 11 pm. I will be responding to your posts during this period as well.

PROMPT:  

For this discussion, review the article that you have chosen to analyze for the Rhetorical Analysis Essay, and write a tentative thesis statement about the article.  Then, taking one concept from the thesis and write a BODY PARAGRAPH for the essay.  

The paragraph should focus on one rhetorical strategy that you see the article using to support its overall argument.  The paragraph (like the body paragraphs in the sample Rhetorical Analysis Essay I posted) needs to do the following:

• Identify the strategy you see the author using in a topic sentence,
• Offer specific quoted examples of it from the text,
• Explain how the strategy works or how it is meant to impact the reader,
• And explain how the strategy supports the author's main argument.

Finally, PLEASE review the Rhetorical Analysis Essay Prompt, the Rhetorical Analysis Overview video, the sample rhetorical analysis, and the other resources I've posted so that you put together a paragraph that meets the requirements of the essay.  All of these things are posted in Week 6.

Minimum Requirements

• Post and comment to the discussion on-time.
• Respond to the prompt; complete all elements required by the discussion prompt and any commenting requirements.

Netiquette

• Be kind and respectful to others
• Use full sentences
• Avoid jargon and acronyms
• Use language that supports others