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How to write a rhetorical analysis?

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye
W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Sep 03, 2020

A rhetorical analysis can be put in writing about other works, such as film or collections of artwork. Its ambition is to hit a specific target audience.

These simple steps will help you learn how to write a rhetorical analysis.

• Gather information.
• The SOAPStone.
• The SOAPSTONE of a text will include its speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone.
• Speaker denotes the first and last name of the author.
• Occasion refers to the type of text and context under which the text was written.
• The audience is for whom the text was written.
• The purpose relates to what the writer is attempting to achieve through the text.
• The subject is the topic the writer speaks about in the text.
• Examine requests.
• Appeals are the first category of rhetorical strategy and entail the ethos, logos, and pathos.
• Ethos depends on the writer’s credibility and character.
• Logos depends on reason to make an argument.
• Pathos seeks to create emotion to obtain approval.
• Notice the styles and the details.
• Involve a wide array of variables such as imagery, tone, syntax, and diction.
• Form an analysis.
• In a rhetorical assessment, you do not need to concur with the opinion that the writer presents.
• The task at hand is to analyze how well the author utilizes appeals to present his or her opinion.
• Write an introduction.
• Allow the reader to know that your paper is a rhetorical analysis.
• Write the body of the paper.
• Organize the body into paragraphs by rhetorical appeals.
• Write the conclusion.
• Restate your thesis.

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