Practice rhetorical analysis questions
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The document outlines an agenda for a class on Wednesday October 30th. It includes 10 minutes for continued group work, a discussion, and a practice rhetorical analysis activity. Students are assigned as homework to turn bullet points into a first draft analysis in their notebooks to exchange and discuss in class the next day.
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Practice rhetorical analysis questions
- 1. Agenda, Wednesday Oct. 30 Main Objective: Outline a Practice Rhetorical Analysis Group Work – continued (10 mins) Discussion Practice Rhetorical Analysis Closing HW: Turn bullet points into a Shitty First Draft in your notebook. We will exchange and discuss these in class tomorrow.
- 2. Round One: If you were to make a claim about the overall effectiveness of the Seattle Times argument, what would it be? What reasons would you give? What evidence would you give for those reasons? What suggestions would you give for improving this argument?
- 3. Round Two: What are the strengths of this essay? What evidence (examples) can you give? What are the weaknesses of this essay? What evidence (examples) can you give? (Remember, in this case evidence could also mean the absence of something).
- 4. Round Three: What evidence do you see of the author’s use of pathos? (trying to evoke emotion in readers in order to convince them)? Does the author use pathos effectively, or does he go overboard/underboard with it? What evidence do you see of the author’s use of logos (using hard, cold facts, figures and statistics, and/or logically reasoning)? Does the author use logos effectively, or does he go underboard/overboard with it? What evidence do you see of the author’s use of ethos (convincing through his own credibility. This could be referring to his own background as a subject matter expert, or pointing out all the evidence he has researched/gathered to make his point)? Does the author use ethos effectively, or does he go overboard/underboard with it?
- 5. Conclusion: Revisit your claim about the overall effectiveness of the argument. Now can you make it more nuanced and specific?