Rhetorical Analysis Lesson

What 3 things must you do to score a 1 in Row A of the thesis?

• Identify the writer’s idea noun and message

• Create a one sentence thesis statement that answers the question in a 2.4 format

• Respond to the prompt, have a defensible thesis that contains a claim, identify at least 2 rhetorical choices the writer makes

• Restate the prompt, summarize the text, provide a concluding statement

What is literally meant by a “rhetorical analysis” essay?

• Read and annotate a persuasive text

• Breaking an effective persuasive text into parts

• Being able to identify rhetorical strategies

• Creating a 2.4 essay to analyze the writer’s theme

Which appeals are connected to the rhetorical triangle?

• Ethos, Metaphor, and Simile

• Ethos and pathos

• Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

• Aristotle, Plato and Socrates

Define the author's purpose

• Who is the author?

• Comparison using like or as

• Meaning we give it

• Reason for or intent in writing

Which element is a figurative language device?

• Speaker

• Metaphor

• Audience

• Message

What do I have to do in the Visual Analysis - OPTIC/Rhetoric practice 3 assignment?

• Select an image, place it on Google Docs, use optics, rhetorical triangle, and identify the author's intention.

• I don't know

• Did you read the first option?

• It is all in Schoology

rhetorical appeal concerned with how to reach an audience emotionally

• pathos

• ethos

• tone

• syntax

author's attitude toward a subject

• exposition

• tone

• connotation

• voice

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas usually in parallel structure

• parallelism

• antithesis

• modifier

• anaphora

A question asked to make a point is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• Imagery 

• Personification 

• Rhetoric 

• Rhetorical Question