1. Rhetorical Précis Test v.I Concept, Content, Construction, Quality
Matching, sorting, thinking…

2. A Rhetorical Precis is…
True
False
A rhetorical Précis is a highly specialized, specific type of summary.
A rhetorical Précis is four sentences long.
A rhetorical Précis is includes all details of the original argument.
A rhetorical Précis is includes long quotations.
A rhetorical Précis is tells a story.
A rhetorical Précis is an explanation of the author’s argument and main support.
A rhetorical Précis is a brief analysis of how an author expresses themselves and their point or thesis.
A rhetorical Précis is unlimited in length.
A rhetorical Précis is a more general summary.
A rhetorical Précis describes the opinion of the writer of the piece.
A rhetorical Précis is a summary emphasizing the rhetorical aspects of the work.
A rhetorical Précis shares the opinion of the student writing the précis.
A rhetorical Précis is a summary emphasizing the how the author tries to affect the reader.
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3. Rhetorical Precis Parts: Color Code and Arrange1 2 3? 4
published in (publishing info)
and argues that (argument).
(Author’s credentials), (author’s first and last name)
He/she supports this claim by___________,
in order to
and others interested in the topic of__________.
in his/her (type of text), (title of text) (date),
for his/her audience,
addresses the topic of (topic of text)
(author’s purpose in writing)
the readers of (publication)
He/she adopts a(n) __________ tone
then___________, then_____________, and finally____________.
(change in reader/society the author wants to achieve).
(Author’s last name)’s purpose is to
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4. The is the poem the rhetorical precis task refers to
The is the poem the rhetorical precis task refers to. You may want it for reference or laughs, but do not need to understand it for the next task.
JABBERWOCKY
Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves   Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves,   And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!   The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun   The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:   Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree,   And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,   The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,   And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through   The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head   He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?   Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'   He chortled in his joy. `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves   Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,   And the mome raths outgrabe.
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5. Color Code & Arrange the Sample Rhetorical Precis1 2 3? 4
for the readers of Through the Looking Glass and other interested in funny yet insightful stories.
and finally when he encounters the dangerous jabberwocky, he responds quick to kill it.
in order to provide a bit of lightness to readers’ day and encourage slowing down to think when in the midst of a challenge.
addresses the topic of facing danger with bravery
Lewis Carroll,
Carroll’s narrator supports this claim by noting how
the boy is first advised by an elder, then he stops on his journey to think and wait,
The author’s purpose is to entertain with an exciting but short narrative poem
in his poem “Jabberwocky”
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and explains that the young man is successful in his quest to kill the jabberwocky because he thought his actions through.
from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1872),
Famed author and scholar/instructor at Oxford,
The author writes in a wildly wordy made-up language resulting in a funny tone
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