Project 1: A Rhetorical Analysis
Activity 3.2: Rhetorical Analysis as Observation: WHAT DO YOU SEE?
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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)?