Would You Rather…

Live next to a cemetery

or

Live next to a garbage dump?

Rhetorical Reading

But first, a quiz

Reading 3 (Wed)

Page 557-562 (Wed)

“Taking Stock”

(Wed)worksheet

BA2 (2/2)

Reading 1 Quiz

What are the required textbooks for this course?

True or False: Kylie will grade all of your written submissions.

On the day it is due, what time must the assignment be turned in?

If you turn in an assignment two days late, how many points are automatically deducted?

Identify at least one of the 20 most common student writing errors.

Reading 2 Quiz

True or False: Reading rhetorically means to interact with the text more than just understanding it (pg. 4).

Who decides how much change occurs as a result of reading – the writer or the reader? (pg. 10).

The books offers a few ways to define rhetoric – how do you define it?

The book suggests three ways to integrate reading material into your writing. Name at least one (pg. 124).

True or False: A paraphrase restates the entire passage in your own voice (pg. 125).

What IS rhetoric?!

“The art of discovering the available means of persuasion in a given situation.”

Visual rhetoric

Rhetoric of science

Comic book rhetoric

Medical rhetoric

Risk rhetoric

History of Rhetoric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCNKREL67rg

What is reading rhetorically?Happens in two parts:

To understand WHAT a text

says

To understand HOW a text

said it

For two reasons:

To see if your purposes align

with the author’s

To see which methods they

used to persuade you

After you’ve done that, you can analyze. So, what is a

rhetorical analysis?

Analyzing how well/poor the texts say

something.

You will ask yourself:

Is the message effective? Does it have the potential to persuade? Does it do what it’s supposed to do?

Let’s look at an example.

Page 11 will give you steps for starting a strong rhetorical analysis with eight questions that help you read rhetorically.

Let’s practice reading rhetorically.

Speaker – who wrote this piece?Occasion – why was it written?Audience – who did he address?Purpose – what does he want you

to do now?Subject – what was the topic?

Homework

0Reading 3 (Wed)0FYW: Ch. 2 (16-30), Ch. 3 (37-46, 51-61)0Ebook: Ch. 12, f2 and f3, Write on Tutorials0Audio Lesson

0Read pages 557-562 and fill out “Taking Stock” assignment (Wed)

0Read first three essays in Ch. 16 and think about BA2 (2/2/15)