Project 1: A Rhetorical Analysis

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Activity 3.2: Rhetorical Analysis as Observation: WHAT DO YOU SEE?

OBSERVATIONS

INSIGHTS / LENSES

Textual Features (Language)

Visual Features (Images)

Other Features (Sound…)

Questions for Analysis:

· What is the rhetorical situation of these texts?

· What claims and stakes are they making?

· What assumptions/premises do they reveal?

· How are the rhetorical appeals used?

· What is the exigence and kairos?

· How are these texts persuasive?

· What counter-claims or other perspectives are relevant to these texts?

· What connection can you make between the text and a reading (a theoretical lens)?

Notes and Ideas: