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Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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This guide provides insights into writing a successful rhetorical analysis essay, focusing on structure, analysis, and thematic interpretation. It explains the scoring system from 1 to 5, highlighting the importance of organization and effective analysis of rhetorical devices. Learn to construct a compelling thesis, identify key strategies, and develop body paragraphs that argue the author’s purpose. Emphasize the significance of connecting evidence to larger human themes and leave a lasting impression with a strong conclusion.

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  1. Rhetorical Analysis Essay Driving for Success

  2. SCORING, Whole Test SCALE: 1 - 5 • 45% on MC • 55% on ESSAYS • If you get three 6’s on the essays, you automatically receive the score of a 3 on the test, no matter how bad the MC was.

  3. Scoring: Essays • 0 – 3 No Evidence, Off-topic, didn’t understand the prompt, no structure. Poor Grammar. • 4 Some structure attempted, basic ideas • 5 Has some ideas and structure but has uneven or inconsistent analysis or evidence • 6 Great structure and analysis and ideas. Stylistic problems only. • 7 -8 Writing shows stylistic variety and depth of ideas. • 9 God intervenes. 15 out of a 1000.

  4. Not About Evidence or Strategy! • I don’t care if you use emotionally charged diction every time. • I don’t care if you name polysyndeton, metonymy, and synecdoche, identifying strategies won’t earn you any extra points. • You get points for organizing your essay and for analyzing how the author uses strategies to convey purpose or theme.

  5. Another NOTE • Writers do not SHOW, they… CONSTRUCT CREATE CONTRAST DEMONIZE DECONSTRUCT CHALLENGE DON’T SAY “PAINT A PICTURE”. BORING!

  6. Before we start: a note on THEME • All good writing gets down to the most fundamental level of analysis… • HC = Human Condition • HS = Human Spirit How is this writer talking about what it means to be human? What is she saying about life?

  7. Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Our Formula • INTRO [TPT & THESIS] • BODY PARAGRAPH #1 • Adj + Rhetorical Appeal or Device + effect • Evidence, Analysis; Evidence, Analysis; E, A • Theme • BODY PARAGRAPH #2 • Adj + Rhetorical Appeal or Device + effect • Evidence, Analysis; Evidence, Analysis; E, A • Theme • CONCLUSION [Restate Thesis, Parting Thoughts. Optional: analogy & simile]

  8. 1: Read, ID Strategies, & Finish TPT • As you read, you must identify SOAPStone, Theme, and write a TPT. • Then, identify at least 2 rhetorical strategies MAKE SURE THAT YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION! WE WILL USE THE FOLLOWING SIX… • Emotionally Charged Diction • Adj + Imagery • Contrast • Layered Figurative Language • “Patterned diction” mechanical diction, religious diction • Rhetorical Appeals [usually level 2]

  9. Introduction TPT • Tone adj. + Tone adj, Speaker – description of speaker, purpose verb + theme [larger]. THESIS • Through the rhetorical strategies of __________ & _____________, speaker’s namespecific answer to prompt.

  10. Body Paragraphs 1 & 2 GOAL: Argue the rhetorical development of a HC/HS Theme using the passage for evidence. ---It’s about attaching MEANING to EVIDENCE--- • COMPONENTS [You can also do TIEA] • TOPIC SENTENCE: Adj+ Rhetorical Appeal or Device + effect • Evidence, Analysis • Evidence, Analysis • Evidence, Analysis • CONCLUSION: Connection to Theme

  11. Conclusions • This is the last place to impress your reader. • Make sure to… • Reanswer the Question. • Reconnect with Theme • Consider Including • ANALOGY – What does this author’s voice or attitude make me think about? • SIMILE – Like a dirge, Goodman’s voice speaks over the grave and for the living.