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Strayer,Devery,Harvard University
Mar-1995 - Mar-2002
Manager Planning
WalMart
Mar-2001 - Feb-2009
Rhetorical Analysis/The Rhetorical Square
Purpose: What is the writer hoping to accomplish? Is his purpose informative or persuasive?
What is his thesis, and where is it located? Does he have any purposes beyond what is stated in his thesis?
Audience: Who is being addressed? How do you know? What evidence in the text do you find
to determine who the audience is? What level of vocabulary and syntax does the writer use, and how do these and other stylistic qualities of the writer point to audience? Does the writer assume that his audience has any specialized knowledge or particular values?
Persona: What personality or voice does the writer adopt to address his audience? Given his
purpose and audience, is this voice effective? What elements of the writers style
contribute to his persona, and how?
Argument: a) structure: what are the writer’s main points? How are they ordered?
b) strategy: which modes of development does the writer employ? Is there a major mode, or does the writer mix modes?
Description Definition
Narration Classification and Division
Illustration Process Analysis
Comparison/Contrast Cause and Effect
Suggested structure for your rhetorical analysis:
P1: introduction
Discussion of Purpose
P2: Discussion of Audience
P3: Discussion of Persona
P4 (and P5, if needed): Discussion of Argument
Conclusion: Evaluation of the essay. How successfully does the piece accomplish
its purpose and support its argument? Any weaknesses? Any particular strengths?
The final exam is due on or before Saturday, 6/25 by midnight. No late essays will be accepted. Directions: Using the rhetorical square as a tool, write an essay analyzing one of the following options from The Norton Reader 13thedition. You may want to use the outline suggested on the bottom of the Rhetorical Analysis handout as a model for the structure of your essay. a. Molly Ivins, “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” p. 323 b. Michael Levin, “The Case for Torture” p. 647 c. William Faulkner, “Noble Prize Award Speech” p. 871
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