Rhetorical Analysis of Informative Article
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
Excellent speeches have changed the world. How or why do prepared remarks affect listeners so deeply? For this assignment, you'll choose a speech to analyze, evaluating its rhetorical strategies to judge how successful or unsuccessful the author is in achieving his or her purpose. By breaking the text down into its parts, you can see what lines of reasoning connect facts and opinions, as well as understand what assumptions underlie the argument as a whole. Being able to ascertain whether or not a text "does its job" is important for students, workers, and citizens.
Rhetoric is the art of using language to persuade. Read the Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis in the online textbook to learn what kinds of questions you might attempt to answer in a rhetorical analysis. You'll also need to discuss the Persuasive Appeals writers and speakers use to reach their audience: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos.
For your analysis, you will choose a speech from a list your instructor provides. You should try to watch/listen to several (all of them include transcripts, so you can skim the content that way as well to see which appeals to you). When you pick one to write about, try to choose something you're open-minded about, the better to assess the speaker's persuasive strategies.
Like all work in this course, your analysis should be entirely your own work. Turnitin is enabled in the final draft dropbox and will flag any language that matches outside sources, websites, etc. Be sure to cite your quotations correctly and include a works cited page.
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Speeches for Analysis
You must write about one of the speeches your instructor has approved. They will provide you with a list of 4-5 speeches you may choose from. Please check your email and/or course announcements for a list of approved topics.
Essay Guidelines
The essay should be:
3-4 pages in length (which is 750 to 1,000 words)
12-point font in Times New Roman or Arial
In MLA manuscript format (double-spaced, etc. See Resource tab for more information)
https://idaho.pressbooks.pub/write/chapter/rhetorical-analysis-2/
https://idaho.pressbooks.pub/write/chapter/persuasive-appeals/
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/maryfisher1992rnc.html example speech
Rhetoric is the art of using language to persuade. Read the Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis in the online textbook to learn what kinds of questions you might attempt to answer in a rhetorical analysis. You'll also need to discuss the Persuasive Appeals writers and speakers use to reach their audience: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos.
For your analysis, you will choose a speech from a list your instructor provides. You should try to watch/listen to several (all of them include transcripts, so you can skim the content that way as well to see which appeals to you). When you pick one to write about, try to choose something you're open-minded about, the better to assess the speaker's persuasive strategies.
Like all work in this course, your analysis should be entirely your own work. Turnitin is enabled in the final draft dropbox and will flag any language that matches outside sources, websites, etc. Be sure to cite your quotations correctly and include a works cited page.
horizontal divider
Speeches for Analysis
You must write about one of the speeches your instructor has approved. They will provide you with a list of 4-5 speeches you may choose from. Please check your email and/or course announcements for a list of approved topics.
Essay Guidelines
The essay should be:
3-4 pages in length (which is 750 to 1,000 words)
12-point font in Times New Roman or Arial
In MLA manuscript format (double-spaced, etc. See Resource tab for more information)
https://idaho.pressbooks.pub/write/chapter/rhetorical-analysis-2/
https://idaho.pressbooks.pub/write/chapter/persuasive-appeals/
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/maryfisher1992rnc.html example speech