1. English 1301
Week 5 – June 2

2. Work this Week
Our discussion board was due Friday by midnight. If you did not submit it, you can still do so. It will be marked late.
Monday, July 2 – Feedback on discussion boards by midnight. (Context for Rhetorical Analysis)
Wednesday, July 4 – No Class
Friday, July 6 – 400 words towards your Rhetorical Analysis by midnight.

3. Attendance Penalty
Over our holiday break, I will be adding a temporary preview of attendance penalties to your grades.
You will see a final grade with points deducted for those who are excessively absent.

4. Discussion Board
Blackboard assignments are worth 10% of your grade. Some of you are posting your work and not responding to peers.
That is only partial credit and can make or break your final grade in this class.
Do not give up that 10%.
Start strong / finish strong.

5. Free Writing Ch 2 & 3
Regarding your article or video that you will do the Rhetorical Analysis on, how does the author establish his/her ethos? Explain why and how you think they accomplish this. (If you think the author does not establish ethos well, explain why.)
Do you think your author does a good job appealing to pathos? In what ways does this author appeal to the specific audience’s emotions? (Or if they do not, explain why.)

6. Rhetorical Analysis
“I picked my article. I think I understand it. How do I set up a Rhetorical Analysis?
Where do I even start?”

7. Rhetorical Analysis
A rhetorical analysis focuses on how a writer makes meaning. A rhetorical analysis looks at the choices a writer makes to persuade his/her audience.

8. Understand Specific Audience
Step 1:
Understand Purpose
Step 2:
Understand Specific Audience
Rhetorical Analysis
Note: To determine the effectiveness of the writer’s choices, you must first determine what the writer’s purpose is and who the writer’s audience is..

9. We had situated ethos and invented ethos …
Remember Ethos?
We had situated ethos and invented ethos …

10. “What is the structure of the text?” Structure and Content of text.
Logos
Logic or Reasoning
“What is the structure of the text?”
Structure and Content of text.

11. Logos
Structure:
Narrative? (Events follow in chronological order … inclusion of stories …)
- Parallels, juxtapositions, analogies, compare/contrast? (Do the writers ask the audience to understand one event/situation through its similarities to another?)

12. Logos
Structure:
Problem – Solution arrangements (Does the author present a problem in the text and provide a possible solution to said problem?)

13. Appeals to an audience’s emotion, needs, values … (emotional appeal)
Pathos
Appeals to an audience’s emotion, needs, values … (emotional appeal)

14. Rhetorical Appeals You cannot “USE” rhetorical appeals.
Wrong: “The author uses logos in the piece by …”
Right: “The author appeals to ethos by …”

15. Rhetorical Analysis Example
Check all of the handouts out on our WordPress Site.
There is a sample Rhetorical Analysis paper.

16. Commonplace Phrases She appeals to pathos by …
They attempt to make their audience feel xxxx with this appeal … (after you’ve described it) …
He creates an intimate distance with his audience through his use of …

17. He appeals to the audience’s sympathy (rhetorical appeal: pathos) by utilizing a personal anecdote (rhetorical choice) where he recounts how he was mistreated at the hands of his abuser. This appeal helps the rhetor to …

18. Here is an example of a rhetorical choice in a rhetorical analysis Body Paragraph
Informal Language: “Let’s be frank — violent content is emotionally appealing to kids.” (Venables 30).
Overall, Venables writes his essay with informal language. Rhetorically, this informal language helps Venables make a personal connection with the audience because the article reads as if he is having a conversation with the audience instead of lecturing to them about the positive effects of violent videogames on children. This personal connection makes the audience more inclined to listen to him and keep reading. 

19. Due Friday, July 6, 2018 by midnight

20. 400+ words Rhetorical Analysis
On your own sheet of paper, use the checklist to write a draft introduction to your rhetorical analysis. Keep this work with you.

21. “Shooters need to get better at depicting Arabs.”
Break up into small groups Spend minutes briefly analyzing the text and find a part in the article where the author seems persuasive.​
What choice is the author using in order to be persuasive?​
Why is that choice persuasive? ​
How does it appeal to specific audience?