Rhetorical Analysis template Flashcards
What are the time and place? How do they influence the text?
Context
Context
What are the time and place? How do they influence the text?
Who is it? What rights/qualifications does he or she bring to the to the context?
Writer/speaker
Writer/speaker
Who is it? What rights/qualifications does he or she bring to the to the context?
What do you think was sticking in he writer’s/speaker’s craw? What motivated him/her-psychologically, emotionally- to write?
Exigence
Exigence
What do you think was sticking in he writer’s/speaker’s craw? What motivated him/her-psychologically, emotionally- to write?
Who do you think was the primary, Immediate audience? Who do you think are important secondary, mediated audiences?
Audience
Audience
Who do you think was the primary, Immediate audience? Who do you think are important secondary, mediated audiences?
What do you think was the writer’s/speaker’s purpose in creating the piece? In other words, what do you think she or he wanted to do for the audience?
Purpose
Purpose
What do you think was the writer’s/speaker’s purpose in creating the piece? In other words, what do you think she or he wanted to do for the audience?
What do you think is an important “take-home” idea? How can you describe it in terms of claim-“data”-(unspoken because)?
Message
Message
What do you think is an important “take-home” idea? How can you describe it in terms of claim-“data”-(unspoken because)?
Logic
Appeal to logic of the argument
Character and credibility
Appeal to character and credibility of the writer
Emotion and life stages
Appeal to audience’s emotions and life stages
