For this blog, you will be brainstorming ideas for Essay #2 (the rhetorical analysis) and answering a prompt that will eventually transform into your essay. As you write this response in a word processing document, keep a copy of the speech you’ve chosen to analyze from http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html in front of you. (Remember that you may analyze any speech from the site except for King’s “I Have A Dream,” since we have been collaborating on that one in class.)
Prompt:
Answer the first four bullet points under “Preparing to Write a Rhetorical Analysis” in your textbook, Practical Argument, on pg. 80. This is not a formal essay, but your analysis should inform your readers (in this case, your fellow classmates) about the purpose of the speech by analyzing the rhetorical situation.
Your response should be in four body paragraphs and be at least 250 words. Cite at least once, but no more than twice from the speech using MLA in-text citation. Your citation(s) should be no more than three lines of text. Summarize as needed, but don’t overdo it! Refer to class notes and readings from 13-15 September for more information.
After copying and pasting your response into the field, hit “enter” after each paragraph.
Posts will not be allowed after Tuesday, 20 September 2011 at 11:59PM. Feel free to post earlier.
Your response will be graded based on following each directive of this prompt. As always, let me know if you have any questions.
-Dev
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