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Reading 1 Quiz What are the required textbooks for this course? True or False: Kylie will grade all of your written submissions. On the day it is due, what time must the assignment be turned in? If you turn in an assignment two days late, how many points are automatically deducted? Identify at least one of the 20 most common student writing errors.

Reading 2 Quiz True or False: Reading rhetorically means to interact with the text more than just understanding it (pg. 4). Who decides how much change occurs as a result of reading – the writer or the reader? (pg. 10). The books offers a few ways to define rhetoric – how do you define it? The book suggests three ways to integrate reading material into your writing. Name at least one (pg. 124). True or False: A paraphrase restates the entire passage in your own voice (pg. 125).

What IS rhetoric? ! “The art of discovering the available means of persuasion in a given situation. ” Visual rhetoric Comic book rhetoric Rhetoric of science Medical rhetoric Risk rhetoric

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What is reading rhetorically? Happens in two parts: For two reasons: To understand WHAT a text says To see if your purposes align with the author’s To understand HOW a text said it To see which methods they used to persuade you

After you’ve done that, you can analyze. So, what is a rhetorical analysis? Analyzing how well/poor the texts say something. You will ask yourself: Is the message effective? Does it have the potential to persuade? Does it do what it’s supposed to do?

Let’s look at an example.

Page 11 will give you steps for starting a strong rhetorical analysis with eight questions that help you read rhetorically.

Let’s practice reading rhetorically. Speaker – who wrote this piece? Occasion – why was it written? Audience – who did he address? Purpose – what does he want you to do now? Subject – what was the topic?

Homework 0 Reading 3 (Wed) 0 FYW: Ch. 2 (16 -30), Ch. 3 (37 -46, 51 -61) 0 Ebook: Ch. 12, f 2 and f 3, Write on Tutorials 0 Audio Lesson 0 Read pages 557 -562 and fill out “Taking Stock” assignment (Wed) 0 Read first three essays in Ch. 16 and think about BA 2 (2/2/15)