Rhetorical Analysis

10 Step Quick Guide

Read prompt, analyze the prompt, read the selection, think/plan before you write, strong first impression, begin response, write response, conclude briefly, edit/proofread, watch time

Structure

Introduction, 3 Body, conclusion

Line of reasoning

how the author builds their message, connecting the dots

Thesis

Topic, Name and explain

Body Paragraphs

concrete illustrations of abstract ideas, how/why, and fully developed points

Body Paragraph format

Sentence, evidence, commentary x 2, evidence, commentary x 2, conclude

Tone

Diction + Detail

Commentary

Analyze and explain significance of evidence

5 Ways to Embed Evidence

Paraphrase, segment at beginning, middle, and end (integrated quotes), and more than one segment

Simple sentence structure

subject-verb

Compound

2 independent clauses joined by a conjunction

Complex

independent clause and dependent clause

Compound-complex

2 independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Declarative

Sentence in the form of a statement

Exclamatory

strong feeling

Imperative

command Sentence used to command or enjoin

Interrogative:

Poses a question

Horatative sentence:

Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action