ENGL-1030 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: List Of Fables Characters, Rhetorical Situation, Thesis Statement
17 Jan 2017
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Chapter 1: analyzing texts and writing thesis statements. Rhetoric ability to see the means of persuasion in any given situation. Any text, visual, verbal that aims to persuade a specific audience at a specific place and time. Audience + author + argument = rhetorical situation. Urgent need writers feel to respond to a situation. Exigencies of a situation demands put on a writer to respond immediately. In general, this is either: to entertain, to inform/explain, to persuade. Critical literacy knowing how to read, analyze, understand and create texts that function as powerful arguments. Multimedia text often have greater persuasiveness and have the ability to reach a broader audience. Rhetorical analysis looking at the way the writer chooses the most effective means of persuasion to make a point. Attention to detail is the first step. Annotations notes in the margin that indicate brief points of analysis or observation. Part of analyzing rhetoric is to craft your own interpretation of the text.
