1. Please listen to/ watch my comments on your Unit 1 Essay and write a blog post:
    • summarize, in your own words, what I said
    • how will you use these suggestions to help you revise the Unit 1 essay for the final portfolio? (Everyone must revise)
    • how will you use these suggestions to help you in Unit 2? (the unit we’re working on now) 
    • ask me any questions you have
  2.  In class on Oct 13, we found a second source for the RAB. Please fill out a Rhetorical Analysis worksheet for this source.  (I passed these out in Thursday’s class but if you missed class, you can cut and paste the questions below:)

 

    • Who’s the author? What do we know about this person? This  organization? How do we know that (figure it out from  the language they use, from the creator of the  website, from research and information from somewhere else)? What is their attitude toward the subject or the  world in general? How do we figure that out? What is their authority for writing this?
    • Who’s their audience? Who is the primary audience? What other audience besides a primary one might there be? What makes you say that? What audiences do you think the author is ignoring?
    • What’s the occasion? Why did the author create this text at this particular moment? What is the context? Where was it shown/published?
    • What’s the purpose?  What was the author trying to accomplish?
    • What’s the genre? Why use it? What made this genre the best one to address their audience? What are the conventions of this genre – the things everybody expects to find? How does this  author change some of those conventions? Why did they change them?
    • What is the tone? How can you tell the creator’s feelings by the words and phrases, or the visuals and audio, that were  chosen
    • Relevance: Does it help you answer your question?
    • Accuracy: Can you verify this information anywhere else? Is there evidence to support their position? Have they cited other authorities/experts?

Category: Unit 2