This is not a particularly easy activity, but I want you to take a stab at doing some rhetorical analysis without any prior background information about the author, the time period, or the audience. I want you to go beyond the words to identify the writer’s motive (agenda), and his target audience.
1.Read the uploaded essay . You might consider printing this off since some of the wording is a bit archaic (hint, hint).
2.Use Flower and Ackerman’s method for rhetorical analysis of the essay (read the notes for Rhetorical Analysis).
3.Write your thoughts about the following questions:
•Intentions – Who is the author writing to? Think about the time period in history that is mentioned, etc. Who do you think the author is (e.g, profession, status, age, gender,…)?
•Conventions – What formatting, or wording, give you some clues about who and what this essay is about? Does the tone imply something about the author or readers?
•Context – What is the agenda of the writer? What are the author’s fundamental beliefs?
•Your Opinion – What was your reaction to the essay? Again, no right or wrong here – tell me clearly how this essay made you feel, and what it made you think about.
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