ENGL109 Quiz: Rhetorical Analysis.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL109
• Professor: J.Andrew Deman

Document Summary

Developing a topic: author, marxist: follow the money e. g. the mona lisa was created to sustain da vinci, generate income for the. Understanding the pragmatic purpose of art allows you to see it in a different light: cultural darwinism: people create art to reproduce . In the cadillac examples given, the car is compared to more luxurious modes of transportation along with the connotations of comfort and power that a yacht and jet project. Tim hortons, likewise, does not present product information in its ads, but rather sense of unity and community. Mr. burns clearly represents an evil, greedy, corporate guy with his posture, overbite, tented fingers, and scheming expression. Homer simpson"s simian mouth subtly characterizes him similarly. Same as literary analysis except that so-what statements need to be much stronger since the entire purpose of the analysis is to uncover that which we normally overlook. Same as literary analysis: basically high style.