How and Why We Will Read Text

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• use SOAPSTone (speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, style, tone)
• rhetorical analysis (techniques author uses and why)
• claim (what)
• data (where)
• warrant (how/why)
• argument
• emulate good writer

Question 2

when analyzing a text, begin with

Answer 2

a claim

Question 3

the second step to analyzing a text is to

Answer 3

provide data

Question 4

the third step to analyzing a text is to

Answer 4

provide a warrant

Question 5

a useful tool in performing an analysis of a text is

Answer 5

a SOAPSTONE

Question 6

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
The author used pathos in the introduction. he used logos in the body, and his ethos was infused throughout. he placed those argument WHERE they were the most strategic

Answer 6

data

Question 7

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
the author clearly wrote this text to demonstrate WHY the death penalty should not be a viable option in a civilized society

Answer 7

warrant

Question 8

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
many people question WHY the argument was so powerful at the turn of the century; however, most historians would argue that WHAT he did within that context led to equal pay among workers

Answer 8

warrant

Question 9

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
the politician placed the most important argument WHERE few people would realize it was intentional - in the middle of a logos based claim, located in the middle of the text

Answer 9

data

Question 10

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
the author’s final argument, placed at the conclusion, demonstrated WHERE logos could be placed most effectively

Answer 10

data

Question 11

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
that advertisement would work best in a television commercial. The author claims WHAT most Americans know to be true - congressional gridlock is ineffective

Answer 11

claim

Question 12

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
the CLAIM that we are not alone, and that aliens exist, is a tough argument to prove; however, WHAT the author utilizes is brilliant

Answer 12

claim

Question 13

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
there are many EXAMPLES of how the author persuaded his audience to support his claim. In the first paragraph, he utilized pathos based anecdotes. In the second…

Answer 13

data

Question 14

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
Through Angelou’s EXAMPLES with terms like “gloomy,” “dark,” and “over cast” in the final sentence of her first paragraph she establishes a tone of foreboding

Answer 14

data

Question 15

this example demonstrates which aspect of rhetorical analysis:
the author attempted to write a newspaper article for the Washington Post. WHAT she did was work as a journalist to publish the article

Answer 15

claim