Monday, August 27, 2012

August 27th What is rhetoric?


Purpose
  •    Recognize visuals as argumentative texts
  •  Develop your strengths as writers or thesis and rhetorical analysis essay

Rhetorical situation
          What disengages the reader:
          Slow        
          Cover
          Bad plot
          Boring
          No characters
          Type of languages

What engages the reader:
Catches your interests
Pictures
Strong characters
Funny

What is Rhetoric?
Rhetoric: Means of meditation for how do we speak/talk, Rhetoric has a purpose --- persuade somebody 


 
How do we read an analyze texts rhetorically?
What texts do you like to read?
Novels, magazines, poetry, blogs, cartoon and film
How do we read cartoon, film, and ads?
How do we write about visual texts?
How can we generate thesis statements for arguments?
How can we draft rhetorical analysis essays?




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