Rhetorical Situation
The voice/person producing and delivering a piece of rhetoric
Speaker/author
Word choice in text
diction
When conducting rhetorical analysis, we examine HOW a writer's choices help accomplish their ______.
purpose
This sentence in the introduction identifies the writer's rhetorical choices and explains how they help accomplish the writer's purpose.
Thesis Statement
Ms. Haliburton's 3 Norms
Show up with Purpose
Engage Fully
Be Respectful
Context is
the background knowledge of the text
What rhetorical choice involves repeating words or phrases to emphasize an idea?
Repetition
When analyzing a writer's rhetorical choice, what THREE things should you explain?
What rhetorical choice the writer makes.
How the choice affects the audience.
How the choice helps accomplish the writer's purpose.
This part of a rhetorical analysis body paragraph provides a quotation or specific example from the text to support your claim.
Text evidence
When coming into Ms. Haliburton's class, what is the first thing we do?
Silently read our independent reading book
Tone is defined as
the author's attitude toward a given subject
This rhetorical choice uses descriptive language that appeals to the readers 5 senses
Imagery
What is the difference between rhetorical analysis and summary?
Summary explains WHAT the writer says, while rhetorical analysis explains HOW and WHY the writer makes particular choices.
This part of a rhetorical analysis essay explains HOW the writer's rhetorical choice affects the audience and advances the writer's purpose.
Commentary or analysis.
Ms. Haliburton's favorite color
PINK
List each part of the acronym SPACECAT
Speaker; Purpose; Audience; Context; Exigence; Choices; Appeals; Tone;
This rhetorical choice makes a reference to a well-known historical event, person, text, or idea
Allusion
When analyzing diction, what should you consider about the writer's word choices?
Their connotations, the tone they create, and their effect on the audience.
Put these components of a rhetorical analysis body paragraph in the correct order:
Commentary
Topic sentence
Concluding sentence
Textual evidence
Topic sentence
Textual evidence
Commentary
Concluding sentence
What daily classroom routine encourages students to reflect on life, growth, and success before beginning the lesson?
Quote of the day!
What's the difference between the message and the purpose of the text ?
Message: What the author is communicating to the audience
Purpose: What the author or speaker wants the audience to think, feel, believe, or do OR what the author wants to accomplish
Name the three rhetorical appeals used to persuade an audience
Ethos (credibility)
Pathos (emotion)
Logos (logic/reason)
The two goals of rhetorical analysis are
describe the strategies the author uses, and discuss how those strategies develop their message and purpose.
A student writes the following thesis:
"The author uses repetition and imagery."
What TWO important elements are missing to make this a stronger rhetorical analysis thesis?
The writer's purpose.
An explanation of how the rhetorical choices help accomplish that purpose.
Example of an improved thesis:
"Through repetition and imagery, the author emphasizes the urgency of social change and encourages the audience to take action."
What is Ms. Haliburton BIGGEST pet peeve in the classroom?
Talking while instruction is being given !