Rhetorical Analysis Week 4

AP Lang & Comp Unit 1: Rhetorical Analysis

Week 4: HF, Narrative

9/6-9/13 Rhetorical Analysis

Objective Assignments HW

Mon Comp Lab Narrative due Friday

Tues Comp Lab Narrative due Friday

Wed Peer Review WU: VocabScore Essays

Read HF; Narrative due Friday

Thurs

Analyze a narrative

WU: VocabOrwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”

Read HF; Narrative due Friday

Fri Analyze a narrative

WU: VocabOrwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”

Read HF; Narrative due Friday

Rhetorical Analysis Week 4

Rhetorical Analysis Week 4

Rhetorical Terms

consonance

the correspondence of consonants, especially those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse; the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.

Fancy Words

adroit having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations

Khaled Abdullah—ReutersSept. 2, 2013. A boy stretches as he exercises at a fitness center in Sanaa, Yemen.

"As in guys she gently sways at ease."“The Silken Tent” by Robert Frost.

Rhetorical Analysis Week 4

Rhetorical Terms

Induction

reasoning in which the premises seek to supply strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion. The truth of an inductive argument is supposed to be probable, based upon the evidence given

Sept. 2, 2013. Smoke from the fires below Pilot Peak intermingles with clouds from an arriving weather front as firefighters begin to get the Rim Fire under control near Old Yosemite Road, Division S, as seen from Greeley Hill, Calif.

deduction

the process of reasoning from one or more general statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion; links premises with conclusions. If all premises are true, the terms are clear, and the rules of deductive logic are followed, then the conclusion reached is necessarily true.

Rhetorical Analysis Week 4

Inductive reasoning is probabilistic; given the premises, the conclusion is probable.Example:100% of biological life forms that we know of depend on liquid water to exist.Therefore, if we discover a new biological life form it will probably depend on liquid water to exist.

Inductive vs. deductive reasoningUnlike deductive arguments, inductive reasoning allows for the possibility that the conclusion is false, even if all of the premises are true. Instead of being valid or invalid, inductive arguments are either strong or weak, which describes how probable it is that the conclusion is true. deduction: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)Induction, or generalization: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

Rhetorical Analysis Week 4

Rhetorical Termsdiction Word choice: it’s

never enough to say an author uses “diction.” One must qualify what type of words authors use.

Fancy Words

thwart oppose or baffle

Sept. 4, 2013. An Indian Kathakali artist is reflected in a mirror as he dons make up prior to a performance in Chennai, India.