Analysis

Rhetoric is ________ speaking or writing

What are qualities of good rhetoric?

• Effective

• Flippant

• Eloquent

• Persuasive

• Detailed

Any time you use evidence, you also need...

• A counter-argument

• Analysis of that evidence

• A "hook" to introduce the evidence

• A statistic to accompany the evidence

Taken directly from the text, it is used to support your claim

• Evidence

• Gist

• Analysis

• Theme

Which is the correct order?

• Claim, Analysis, Evidence, Conclusion

• Evidence, Analysis, Claim, Conclusion

• Claim, Evidence, Analysis, Conclusion

• Claim, Evidence 1, Evidence 2, Analyses, Conclusion

What is an assertion open to challenge? Or, what the author/speaker is trying to convince their audience is true?

• pathos

• logos

• rhetoric

• claim

Claim: High Point needs more security.

Evidence: High Point did not have enough security to man a basketball game.

WHAT does that show about security?

Claim: High Point needs more security.

Evidence: High Point did not have enough security to man a basketball game.

HOW does that evidence prove your point? HOW might it change your thinking?

Claim: High Point needs more security.

Evidence: High Point did not have enough security to man a basketball game.

WHY is this important? WHY should your reader care?

Claim: A call to action can provoke a listener.

Evidence: In Obama's speech, he calls on people to do better and learn from the mistakes of previous generations.

HOW does this change your thinking or actions?