Write an Essay : Youth in Revolt: The Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Rhetoric is about how a writer/speaker attempts to communicate a message, or a call to action, to an audience. In this essay you will analyze what rhetorical strategies your chosen writer/speaker uses to deliver their message, and draw conclusions about how effectively they communicate that message via their speech, and to what extent you believe they have moved their audience – including you – to take action.
Remember that even your Exploratory Draft should include an introduction with a general reader in mind (someone not in class, who has not seen/heard the speech). This will invite your reader into your analysis. In the beginning of this essay, you should also provide critical context about your speaker and the rhetorical occasion for the speech. In other words, why, SPECIFICALLY, are they making this speech, at this point, and to what end?
You should then go on to discuss and analyze how the speech works, focusing on discussion and analysis of their most important, or powerful rhetorical moves/ choices/ moments. Help the reader understand how these choices work in their speech rhetorically; in other words, do they help them appeal to their audience’s emotions (pathos) or logic/ intellect (logos)? Or do they help reach their audience by establishing their credibility and character, and authorizing them as someone they should listen to and take seriously (ethos)? Or some combination of these? You’ll need to support your claims and observations by citing specific evidence and examples from the speech itself [and using direct quotes as support throughout].
Don’t forget that because this is a speech, it is also a performance of sorts: attend to any other choices the speaker makes in their performance or delivery (for example, pounding on the podium, asking for audience response, repetitions or silences, making certain choices about clothing or appearance) if you think they significantly contribute to the rhetorical power or effectiveness of the speech.
Notes:
Your Exploratory Draft is due by class time on TH 3/16 You are required to bring a copy to class for peer review and also to upload it to Canvas. You should aim for a minimum of two double-spaced pages in your Exploratory Draft, and of course, feel free to go longer. Essay 2 Prompt: Youth in Revolt: The Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Rhetoric is about how a writer/speaker attempts to communicate a message, or a call to action, to an audience. In this essay you will analyze what rhetorical strategies your chosen writer/speaker uses to deliver their message, and draw conclusions about how effectively they communicate that message via their speech, and to what extent you believe they have moved their audience – including you – to take action.
Remember that even your Exploratory Draft should include an introduction with a general reader in mind (someone not in class, who has not seen/heard the speech). This will invite your reader into your analysis. In the beginning of this essay, you should also provide critical context about your speaker and the rhetorical occasion for the speech. In other words, why, SPECIFICALLY, are they making this speech, at this point, and to what end?
You should then go on to discuss and analyze how the speech works, focusing on discussion and analysis of their most important, or powerful rhetorical moves/ choices/ moments. Help the reader understand how these choices work in their speech rhetorically; in other words, do they help them appeal to their audience’s emotions (pathos) or logic/ intellect (logos)? Or do they help reach their audience by establishing their credibility and character, and authorizing them as someone they should listen to and take seriously (ethos)? Or some combination of these? You’ll need to support your claims and observations by citing specific evidence and examples from the speech itself [and using direct quotes as support throughout].
Don’t forget that because this is a speech, it is also a performance of sorts: attend to any other choices the speaker makes in their performance or delivery (for example, pounding on the podium, asking for audience response, repetitions or silences, making certain choices about clothing or appearance) if you think they significantly contribute to the rhetorical power or effectiveness of the speech.
Notes:
Your Exploratory Draft is due by class time on TH 3/16 You are required to bring a copy to class for peer review and also to upload it to Canvas. You should aim for a minimum of two double-spaced pages in your Exploratory Draft, and of course, feel free to go longer. Essay 2 Prompt: Youth in Revolt: The Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Rhetoric is about how a writer/speaker attempts to communicate a message, or a call to action, to an audience. In this essay you will analyze what rhetorical strategies your chosen writer/speaker uses to deliver their message, and draw conclusions about how effectively they communicate that message via their speech, and to what extent you believe they have moved their audience – including you – to take action.
Remember that even your Exploratory Draft should include an introduction with a general reader in mind (someone not in class, who has not seen/heard the speech). This will invite your reader into your analysis. In the beginning of this essay, you should also provide critical context about your speaker and the rhetorical occasion for the speech. In other words, why, SPECIFICALLY, are they making this speech, at this point, and to what end?
You should then go on to discuss and analyze how the speech works, focusing on discussion and analysis of their most important, or powerful rhetorical moves/ choices/ moments. Help the reader understand how these choices work in their speech rhetorically; in other words, do they help them appeal to their audience’s emotions (pathos) or logic/ intellect (logos)? Or do they help reach their audience by establishing their credibility and character, and authorizing them as someone they should listen to and take seriously (ethos)? Or some combination of these? You’ll need to support your claims and observations by citing specific evidence and examples from the speech itself [and using direct quotes as support throughout].
Don’t forget that because this is a speech, it is also a performance of sorts: attend to any other choices the speaker makes in their performance or delivery (for example, pounding on the podium, asking for audience response, repetitions or silences, making certain choices about clothing or appearance) if you think they significantly contribute to the rhetorical power or effectiveness of the speech.
Notes:
Your Exploratory Draft is due by class time on TH 3/16 You are required to bring a copy to class for peer review and also to upload it to Canvas. You should aim for a minimum of two double-spaced pages in your Exploratory Draft, and of course, feel free to go longer.
