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1、HOWTOWRITE:APRhetoricalAnalysisParagraphsandEssaysThingsyoumustknowinordertoaccuratelyanalyzeatext:1.SOAPS2.RhetoricalStrategiesa.Appeals(ethos,logos,pathos)b.Style(diction,syntax,details,imagery,tone,etc.)3.Whydidtheauthorchoosethesestrategiesfortheparticularaudience,occasion,and/orpurpose?a.This
2、istheanalysispart!Withoutthis,youaremerelysummarizingthetext.b.Thinkaboutthesequestions:i.HOWdotherhetoricalstrategieshelptheauthorachievehis/herpurpose?ii.WHYdoestheauthorchosethosestrategiesforthatparticularaudienceandforthatparticularoccasion?Onceyou’veidentifiedtheinformationabove,it’stimetobe
3、ginputtingyourthoughtsandideasintoaformatthatprovesyouhaveaccuratelyanalyzedthetext.Therearemanywaystowriteaneffectiverhetoricalanalysisessay.Belowisonewaythatisagood,simpleformattohelpyougetstarted.Youmayfindasyoubecomemorecomfortablewithanalysisthatyouwanttodeviatefromthisformat.That’sfineaslong
4、asyouarestillfocusingonnumbers1-3fromabove.IntroductionTheintroductoryparagraphtoananalysisessayisusuallybrief.However,itmustcontainsomeessentialinformation.PutSOAPSinyourintroductionandfollowthisformat:FORMAT:1.Speaker,Occasion,andSubject(Writer’scredentials),(writer’sfirstandlastname),inhis/her(
5、typeoftext),(titleoftext),(strongverb–seelistatendofthishandout)(writer’ssubject).2.Purpose(Writer’slastname)’spurposeisto(whatthewriterdoesinthetext).3.AudienceHe/sheadoptsa[n](adjectivedescribingtheattitude/feelingconveyedbythewriter)toneinorderto(verbphrasedescribingwhatthewriterwantsreaderstod
6、o/think)inhis/her(intendedaudience).EXAMPLE:Novelist,AmyTan,inhernarrativeessay,“FishCheeks,”recountsanembarrassingChristmasEvedinnerwhenshewas14yearsold.Tan’spurposeistoconveytheideathat,atfourteen,shewasn’tabletorecognizethelovehermotherhadforherorthesacrificesshemade.Sheadoptsasentimentaltonein
7、ordertoappealtosimilarfeelingsandexperiencesinheradultreaders.BodyThisistheanalysispart!Thisiswhereyouincludeadetailedexplanationofstrategiesusedbythewriter.Whenwritingananalysis,itiscrucialthatyouworkchronologic
