WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS SAMPLE OUTLINE ON GEORGE

WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

SAMPLE OUTLINE ON GEORGE LAMMING’S IN THE CASTLE OF MY SKIN I. Introduction II. Anaphora III. Metaphor IV. Historical Allusions V. Conduplicatio VI. Conclusion Author George Lamming

INTRODUCTION TO A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY I. Hook (on Message) II. Author (Ethos) III. Text (Summary) IV. Audience V. Thesis (TAG + devices + message)

SAMPLE THESIS ON WARREN’S “PLANNED PARENTHOOD” SPEECH Senator Elizabeth Warren In Elizabeth Warren’s 2015 “I Stand with Planned Parenthood” speech, she uses hyperbole, logos, pathos, and parallelism to emphasize the importance of supporting Planned Parenthood.

SAMPLE THESIS ON ZAKARIA’S 2012 “COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS” Dr. Fareed Zakaria In Dr. Fareed Zakaria’s 2012 “Commencement Address, ” he employs parallelism, logos, pathos, and anaphora to provide a hopeful message to graduates.

SAMPLE THESIS ON HOLTRY’S “LA WASHA” In Mercedez Holtry’s 2015 poem “La Washa, ” she uses imagery, ethos, pathos, and epizeuxis to express her message about feeling excluded from her own culture and language. Mercedes Holtry

ORGANIZING THE BODY PARAGRAPH 1. Topic Sentences: How does the speaker effectively use a particular device to communicate part or all of the message? Connect speaker, message, and device. 1 device per body paragraph. 2. Claim: Contextualize the quote. 3. Evidence: Provide textual evidence. 4. Analysis: Answer the 6 questions on the next slide. 5. Quote and Analyze a Secondary Source: Quote a scholarly source about your primary source or about “rhetoric” or “rhetorical analysis. ” Analyze and Synthesize. 6. Concluding Sentences: Summarize and transition.

SAMPLE TOPIC SENTENCE ON WARREN’S “PLANNED PARENTHOOD” SPEECH Warren [speaker] opens her speech with some amusing use of hyperbole [device] meant to awaken her conservative colleagues [message]. Senator Elizabeth Warren

SAMPLE TOPIC SENTENCE ON ZAKARIA’S 2012 “COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS” Dr. Fareed Zakaria Near the beginning of his speech, Zakaria uses many forms of logos to support his argument about the safety of our times.

SAMPLE TOPIC SENTENCE ON HOLTRY’S “LA WASHA” Poet Mercedez Holtry In the middle of Holtry’s poem, she employs metaphor to show just how authentically Mexican her family is.

BEGINNING OF A BODY PARAGRAPH U. S. President Barack Obama Topic Sentence: Obama concludes his a “A More Perfect Union” speech by expressing theme of unity thru the use of anecdotal evidence. [Claim] Obama tells a story showing racial harmony, but warns us [Evidence] “that single moment of recognition between that young white girl and that old black man is not enough” (Obama). [Continue with Analysis and, at least, a Concluding Sentence].

RHETORICAL STRATEGY: SOAPS

RHETORICAL STRATEGY: MADE

RHETORICAL STRATEGY: WOLF

ORGANIZING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY Organize your Essay around the Devices 1. Introduction 2. Analyze a different Rhetorical Device in each Body Paragraph, such as: Amplification, formal diction, peroration, and sprezzatura Senators Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders 3. Conclusion: (1) Compare the text to another text with a similar theme, or (2) Explain how this text can be used as a model (in teaching someone how to write a great speech, for example)

SAMPLE OUTLINE ON JFK’S “INAUGURAL ADDRESS” I. Introduction II. Antistrophe III. Metaphor IV. Parallelism V. Antimetabole VI. Conclusion U. S. President John F. Kennedy

MLA CITATION: INTEXT “I Have a Dream” (King).

MLA CITATION: WORKS CITED King, Jr. , Dr. Martin Luther. “I Have a Dream. ” Washington D. C. Civil Rights March. Washington D. C. 28 Aug. 1963. Public Address.