Rhetorical Analysis

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Rhetoric Dr. Mike Ristich

Rhetoric

Rhetoric is a method.

It gives us a way to analyze

how others use language.

It also gives us way to produce

effective uses of language.

Rhetoric

As a method,

rhetoric can be

divided into two parts:

S.W.A.P.

R.A.I.D.S.

S.W.A.P.

Subject

What is the piece about?

What are we learning about?

Writer

Who is the author?

Are they credible? Why (not)?

Audience

Purpose

To whom is the piece aimed?

What do they expect, understand, know, etc.?

Why is the author writing the piece?

To entertain, to inform, to persuade, to express?

R.A.I.D.S

Revision

What does the author want to change in the audience?

Arrangement

How is the entire piece arranged?

Invention

Delivery

What sources are being to used to invent the piece of writing? Surveys? Expertise? Audience’s emotions?

What is the tone/feel of the piece/writing?

Style

How/what can we change our writing for the better?

How are the paragraphs/evidence arranged?

What are the resources the author is drawing upon?

How is the audience receiving the piece/writing?

What genre is the piece/writing?

Is it funny? Academic? Etc.?

Rhetoric is Recursive

As a method, rhetoric

is recursive.

If one element changes, the

other elements might

change, too.

For example…

Examples of Recursivity

SWAP: Different

audiences might mean

different purposes.

RAIDS: A different style

might need new

sources of invention.

And…

The relationship

Between S.W.A.P.

And R.A.I.D.S.

is also recursive.

Understanding S.W.A.P.

help us understand R.A.I.D.S.

and vice versa.

So…

These nine elements are interconnected.

You cannot isolate one without thinking about the others.