ENGL 112 Study Guide - Nuclear Arms Race, Christian Culture, Cuban Missile Crisis
Document Summary
Professors often ask their students to write a rhetorical analysis or a critical response to a text that is important to the content of the course. The purpose of this module is to teach students how to write an effective rhetorical analysis. This module defines the terms rhetoric and rhetorical analysis. This module also discusses and explains one type of a response to a text of special interest to students: how professors evaluate student writing. Rhetoric is the art of using language to fulfill a purpose for a particular audience. In its simplest form, rhetoric is your email to or your conversation with your smart friend: I really need to get a good grade in this course! Embedded in these words is a clear purpose directed towards a specific audience. It makes an emotional appeal, which helps fulfill its purpose and which is, again, appropriate for its reader.
