Rhetorical Précis

Rhetorical Précis Frame

(Must be typed)

1. (Author’s credentials), (author’s first and last name) in his/her (type of text), (title of text), published in (publishing info) addresses the topic of (topic of text) and argues that (argument).

2. He/she supports this claim by___________, then___________, then_____________, and finally____________.

3. (Author’s last name)’s purpose is to (author’s purpose in writing) in order to (change in reader/society the author wants to achieve).

4. He/she adopts a(n) __________ tone for his/her audience, the readers of ( publication ) and others interested in the topic of______________.