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Rhetorical Analysis

Analyzing With The Whole Text In Mind


Rhetorical Strategies vs Rhetorical Devices
• A way or method of presenting a subject • A use of language that is intended to
• Narration have an effect on its audience
• Description
• Used to show narration, description,
• Process Analysis process analysis, exemplification,
• Exemplification compare/contrast, classification/division,
• Compare/ Contrast definition, cause/effect
• Classification/Division
• Definition
• Helps create rhetorical appeals
• Cause/Effect • Discuss devices in terms of how they
• Rhetorical Appeals create or support rhetorical strategies
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Rhetorical Devices Creating Rhetorical Appeals

• Ethos • Pathos • Logos


• Analogy
• Diction • Metonymy
• Parallelism
• Jargon • Rhetorical • Anaphora
• Anecdote Question • Asyndeton
• Anecdote • Rhetorical
Questions
Supports
Supports Purpose  Supports
Audience
Argument
Context

• The occasion or time and place it was written or spoken


• How does this influence the way you analyze?

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