Kategoriak: All - persuasion - evidence - strategies - techniques

arabera Fernanda Rodriguez 3 years ago

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Rhetorical Analysis

A comprehensive examination of rhetorical analysis delves into the methods and strategies an author uses to convey their message effectively. This involves breaking down the thesis to understand the argument and its strategic placement within the text.

Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Situation

the context
historical references
social, economic, political and cultural events
the topic
why did the writer decide to write about this particularly
writer's audience
how the writer views the audience
writer's purpose
implied or direct
encouraging action
hidden agenda
who is the writer
preconceptions about the subject
writer's background

Writer's means of persuasion

Ethos (authority)
Pathos (emotion)
Logos (reason)

Rhetorical Strategies

Stylistic Techniques
rhetorical questions
repetition
parallelism - use of similar grammatical structures to emphasize related ideas
allusion - reference within a work to a person, literary or biblical text or historical event to enlarge the context
metaphor
simile
Evidence
Organization
how the writer arranges ideas
Thesis
how does the thesis placement have an effect
what is the argument being made