Rhetorical Analysis Blog

Assignment:

For this blog entry, select a scholarly article from the Hunt Library on a subject that interests you.

ARTICLE ATTACHED:

Exploring the acceptance of body searches, body scans and TSA trust

Dillon, Thomas W; Thomas, Daphyne S. Journal of Transportation Security; Norwell Vol. 8, Iss. 3-4, (Dec 2015): 51-67.

Write a blog in which you:

Identify the elements of the rhetorical situation

• Topic – the subject
• Writer and role – the creator(s) of the article and attitude toward topic
• Audience – the readers (both primary and secondary audience).
• Purpose – the reason for writing (informative or persuasive)

Select 3-4 rhetorical strategies from the text

• Form (organization and format)
• Style (sentence design, word choice, and use if figurative language)
• Types of evidence/support (facts, quotes, statistics, case studies, etc.)
• Appeal to logos (logic)
• Appeal to ethos (credibility)
• Appeal to pathos (emotions)

Analyze those strategies

• Identify the strategy
• Give an example from the text

Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies

• Explain why the strategy successfully appeals to the audience (or why it does not).
• Explain how the strategy accomplishes (or does not) the author’s purpose.

General Format of the Rhetorical Analysis Essay

• The introduction should include the title and author of the text to be analyzed, along with a link to the article, some background on the topic and your thesis statement.
• The thesis statement should be a claim about the overall effectiveness of the text.
• The body paragraphs describe the text’s rhetorical situation and then describe and analyze several of the rhetorical strategies.
• The brief conclusion should summarize points about the text’s overall effectiveness and explore possible future implications.

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