AF: Fletcher People, Week Two

Four weeks of Rhetorical Analysis Review:  Week Two

Four Groups.
Group names:  Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Each group gets their own prompt, and we will go over that prompt in the Google Meet Up on that day that corresponds to your group.  Come to the Meet Up prepared.  Here's what will happen:

1. We will talk about the prompt and the passage.
2. I will ask you to share your writing and your thinking.
3. I will review examples with you.
4. You will receive extra credit for showing up prepared and for sharing in the group.
5. This week:  Upload an introduction, including the thesis statement, and then bullet points for 2-3 rhetorical strategies you could discuss to demonstrate the logic of your thesis.

Here is information from the College Board on the essay:

This question presents students with a passage of nonfiction prose of approximately 600-800 words. Students are asked to write an essay that analyzes the writer's rhetorical choices.  The question assesses students' ability to do the following:

• Respond to the prompt with a thesis that analyzes the writer's rhetorical choices
• Select and use evidence to support a line of reasoning
• Explain how evidence supports a line of reasoning
• Demonstrate an understanding of the rhetorical situation
• Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating an argument

You are only required to attend on the day your group meets.  

If you can't attend that day for whatever reason, you have permission to write to another prompt and attend on that day, but please just send an email letting me know.

Also, if you are interested in attending more than one meeting in a week, you are welcome to do so.  Just come prepared.  Do the work.  

OK, here are the prompts:

Tuesday:  2003 Green (speech)

Wednesday:  2004 Chesterfield (letter)

Thursday:  2006 Rodriguez (excerpted prose)

Friday:  2002 Lincoln (speech)

To RECAP:  Week Two: Come to the meeting with a full SOAPS analysis, your introduction including thesis, and bullet points of two or three rhetorical strategies that you would likely analyze in an essay (upload document to Turnitin.com)

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