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Examining the strategies a writer uses to achieve their goal

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Rhetorical Situation consists of 5 parts:

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Rhetorical Situation consists of 5 parts:

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oThe Writer
oThe Writers Purpose
oThe Writers Audience
oThe Topic
oThe Context

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Things to consider: background, education, experience, race, gender, religion, age, political affiliation, etc.

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What does the author hope to achieve with their argument?

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How does the author see his readers? How does the author take into account factors like race, gender, etc. of the audience?

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Why did the author choose this particular topic to create an argument for?

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What is the situation that creates the need for the authors argument?

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The appeal to logic and reason (a lot of the time includes facts and statistics)

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The appeal to emotion

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The appeal to credibility or authority

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How does the author state their thesis? Where in the argument do they express their thesis?

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How is the author organizing his argument? How are ideas arranged?

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What is the author using to prove their thesis?

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Compares two unlike things with words "like" or "as"

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"a comparison in which two dissimilar things are compared without the word like or as"

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"a reference within a work to a person, literary or biblical text, or historical event in order to enlarge the context of the situation being written about"

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using similar grammatical structure to emphasize ideas that are similar

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Adding emphasis to a word or phrase by repeating it (multiple times)

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Without expecting a reply, authors ask questions to make readers think back on an idea

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Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. "Writing a Rhetorical Analysis." Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology. Edited by Laurie G. Kirszner, and Stephen R. Mandell. Bedford/St. Martins, New York, NY, 2016.