Rhetorical Analysis

     So when I saw this assignment I thought back to when I was in my AP Lang. class and from I remembered I thought a rhetorical analysis was and analysis of a writer's rhetoric used in a piece such as; logos, ethos, and pathos, as well as things like imagery and personification. After reading our actual outline I was pleased with how much I retained from high school.
     After reading the outline I would reword it like this:
-The introduction to your piece should include your thesis which will state what recurring rhetoric is used in favor of the author's argument in the piece you have chosen. You will then state how and why this is used in their favor using proper vocabulary, examples, and explanation. Also you can analyze other points of rhetoric that either don't fully support the author or that are not neede. To do this you will need a very good explanation of these point, so good that someone else can read it and agree with you. It is probably a good idea to research the intended audience so you can analyze what rhetoric would appeal to them most. In your conclusion you should restate your thesis and how you think it was proved and make sure that there are no "loose ends" in your paper. You also need to remember to personally distance yourself from the author or content of the paper. This is an academic paper and should be treated as such.
     I feel that I've had a good enough background with this type of essay to be able to confidentlly write one on a chosen piece instead of a predetermined artical. I also think that this is an academic paper my pre-writing will go smoothly since I will not be writing a persuasive or personal narrative type paper.
     Good luck to all of you with this assignment! Sometimes these papers kind of suck (in all honesty) :)