Rhetorical Analysis Worksheet

What is rhetorical analysis?

• You are being asked to identify the particular strategies that an author is using to appeal to or persuade a given audience.
• You are being asked to provide evidence for how effective the author's argument is.
• You are being asked to analyze various documents to support the author's argument.
• You are being asked to create your own argument on a point using your own devices.

How should a rhetorical analysis be realistically formatted?

• 1 intro, 6 body paragraphs, 1 conclusion
• 3 body paragraphs, conclusion
• 1 intro, 2-3 body paragraphs, 1 conclusion
• 1 intro, 1 body paragraph, 1 conclusion

A rhetorical analysis is an essay evaluating the appeals used by the author!

• True!
• False!

Which is the most effective rhetorical precis?

• Smith applies a multitude of strategies such as syntax, positive diction, and metaphor in his article. I agree with him because of effective reasoning and pathos.
• In Smith's compelling article, "If you give a Dog a Collar," he employs the use of various strategies such as syntax, positive diction, and metaphor to effectively build his argument that dogs should wear collars.
• In "If You Give a Dog a Collar," the argument is ineffective because the reasoning that Smith uses is morally wrong.
• In Smith's article, there is a lot of syntax, diction, and metaphors. These are good because when you use them you make your argument kind of better.

True or false: A rhetorical analysis is a summary of the given text.

• True!
• False!

What does SOAPS stand for?

• Syntax Opinion Audience Preterite Sentences
• Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject
• Subject Occasion Attention Preterite Speaker
• Syntax Occasion Audience Purpose Speaker

Your body paragraph should consist of mainly...

• Analysis
• Text Evidence
• Summarization of the text
• Restatement of the Thesis

Which of these verbs should ^NOT be used in the case of analysis? (The weakest verb)

• implies
• argues
• contrasts
• shows

Which of these would be the best to analyze for _diction?

• The pretty girl walked to the store with her puppy.
• The boy surveyed the class and congratulated himself for snagging the A on his test.
• Sylvester gave Clarence a mean look because she took his pencil.
• The fox walked to the barn with the hen next to him.

What font and size should be used for your MLA formatted rhetorical analysis essay?

• Times New Roman size 12
• Wingdings size 13
• Times New Roman Size 18
• Brittanic Bold Size 12