Rhetorical Analysis

Thesis

what is the argument being made

how does the thesis placement have an effect

Organization

how the writer arranges ideas

Evidence

Stylistic Techniques

simile

metaphor

allusion - reference within a work to a person, literary
or biblical text or historical event to enlarge the context

parallelism - use of similar grammatical
structures to emphasize related ideas

repetition

rhetorical questions

Logos (reason)

Pathos (emotion)

Ethos (authority)

who is the writer

writer's background

preconceptions about the subject

writer's purpose

hidden agenda

encouraging action

implied or direct

writer's audience

how the writer views the audience

the topic

why did the writer decide to write about this particularly

the context

social, economic, political and cultural events

historical references