Rhetorical Analysis Review

Rhetorical Analysis Review

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Open Ended

what are 3 methods of development? REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL!

Multiple Choice

What is the exigence of a passage?

• what the passage is about

• the events that lead the speaker/author to write the passage

• what the speaker wants the audience to do as a result of reading/listening to their argument

• where, when, and why the event took place

Exigence

What has happened to make the speaker respond?

Multiple Choice

What part of the RA essay earns you ONE point?

• Commentary and evidence

• Thesis

• Sophistication

• Thesis and sophistication

Multiple Choice

The circumstances out of which the argument emerges (made up of context, exigence, speaker, audience, subject, purpose) is:

• The context

• The background

• The Rhetorical Situation

• The meaning

Multiple Choice

5. True or False: A Rhetorical Analysis essay mostly involves summarizing a passage.

• True

• False