1. How to Improve your GCU Rhetorical Analysis
AP English Language and Composition

2. points 10 points per paragraph 10 points for Reference page
10 points for formatting, specifically use of titles

3. Formatting Check the required formatting style
Font, spacing, heading, titles
Due to the use of titles, transitions between paragraphs are not necessary
At least three resources
Alphabetized
Indentation
Parenthetical citations MUST be included

4. Introduction History of McCain History of the Affordable Care Act
Function of the Senate
Occasion
Broad  specific
Thesis at the end of the paragraph
Must cite a specific purpose

5. Summary
Include the entirety of the speech
Improve sentence fluency

6. Audience and Purpose Interaction Sentence fluency
What is the function of the Senate?
What is at stake if the Senate “gets nothing done”?
What is at stake for McCain, personally and professionally?
What is at stake for the American people?

7. Rhetorical Stance Relationships End of his life (legacy) Values
Senators
President
Public
End of his life (legacy)
Values
Division between parties
Why is it important to McCain that the Senate pass bills by working together?

8. Appeals paragraphs Titles APPEAL to ________ Don’t define the appeals
Be specific!
Review notes and identify specific appeals
Technique (refer to your notes)
Example/evidence (quote, paraphrase, summary)
Why?
Connect to purpose (main argument)

9. Conclusion More than a summary Broader implications What is at stake?
Personally
Professionally
Country