Rhetorical Analysis Example!
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A. Post any paragraph from any of our test prep essays or practice sessions that you are proud of: Maybe an introduction with a complex thesis, or maybe a body paragraph where the analysis really proved your topic sentence! Maybe a conclusion that is extra spicy! Look back, and find something to share with your classmates.
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Today, children watch the screens of their computers, tablets, and phones with awe. Children laugh, smile, and enjoy their leisure time. Can you imagine children with frowns and dirty cheeks? Can you imagine them with dark circles under their eyes cuffed to machines? This is how children’s lives looked like during the Industrial Revolution. Florence Kelley, a United States social worker and reformer, delivered a speech to adults, especially women who attended the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in order to portray the issues of child labor and the changes that need to take place. As Kelley uses vivid imagery, rhetorical questions, and the tone of urgency, she explains how children should not experience the harsh labor that adults experience or even much worse because children are deprived of their childhoods, children make sacrifices in order to help their families, and dehumanization is present as a result of no change.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the way you gave some insight in the beginning of your introduction, it truly gives me a sense of what you'll be talking about through your essay. I could totally relate to your detail of "Can you imagine them with dark circles under their eyes cuffed to machines?" Regardless nicely done, no doubt you'll have a wonderful score for the AP test! :)
DeleteIntro: Silence does not mean passivity, non-violence does not mean weakness, nor violence means solution; what characterizes a progressive movement it’s its strength to apply assertion on its cause. The rise of progressive movements in the midst of the 20th century characterized the wave to a second reform movement in the United States for many causes painting the era with a narrative of civil movements. Cesar Chavez, a labor union organizer and civil rights leader of the 20th century, published an article in the magazine of a religious organization, where he expresses his perception towards reformers' approach to resistance. By rationalizing the effectiveness of non-violence resistance, evoking a sense of action and questioning the validity of the impact that violence on society, Chavez is able to expose the necessity of non-violent resistance as main form of avocation because it is what unites society, secures permanent results, resolves the issues of a historically hindered society.
ReplyDeleteI love your first sentence! It grabbed my attention right from the start. Your choice of words in your complex thesis is also great. The only thing that I may recommend is mentioning the specific rhetorical devices and specifying the audience, but otherwise, this introduction is an eye-grabber.
DeleteAs Michelle said, your first sentence was an attention grabber. You used highly sophisticated vocabulary that makes your introduction more elaborate. Examples of these were "assertion" "perception" "rationalizing" "evoking" and "hindered." I'm not surprised at how unique your writing style is. Upon reading your work, it never boreds me. I know you'll get an amazing score on the AP test, keep it up Francis :)
DeleteUniversities are always competitive and expensive to get in. Many young students try their best but sometimes people like their parents can take it to extreme measures to ensure their child gets into the university. One parent had written to Samuel Johnson wanting him to obtain the archbishop of Canterbury’s patronage to have her son sent to the university. However to respond to the mom, Johnson uses pathos to be able to relate to doing something that is unjust, logos to show why he refuses to help her son in that way, and juxtaposition to invoke that one must work hard and experience the bad things in order to get to their goal. Samuel Johnson conveys to the audience that one must earn the right to go to the universities with their own hard work and not to find a loophole that is unjust.
ReplyDeleteThe way that you generalized the idea of parents taking extreme measures to help out their children to specifying the idea of how a parent wrote to Samuel Johnson causes the reader of your essay to notice that there is an easy flow from a big idea to something specific. I also like how you specify the rhetorical device and write the bigger idea that it develops right beside the rhetorical device. I would recommend for you to add a metaphor or imagery as your first sentence in order to help you hook your reader's attention.
DeleteAs the better transportations methods appear as well as the loose immigration policies, more people choose to leave where they are raised up and move to the other land for a better life and achieve their dream. Salman Rushdie, the author of Making a Home in a Restless World is also one of them. Rushdie’s essay also inspired Scott Russell Sanders the idea of people who root themselves in ideas rather than place. By using the imagery to shows people’s homesick to convince the audiences that migration still has their original idea. And by asking rhetorical questions to shows the audiences that the good environment is where the idea gets to grow. Lastly, by using diction to show the audiences that the same ethnic groups are united abroad because they have the same idea. Scott Russell Sanders made an effective argument that the people who root themselves in ideas rather than a place.
ReplyDeleteViolence or nonviolence? In this world we live in, many people take action violently if it doesn’t go their way. Now the thing is violence can be bad at times. It usually leads to death or injuries on both sides. Or even demoralization of that person. The best way to solve a long term or short term problem would be through Non-violence. Such as how big leaders used to do it. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. solved the issue in a non-violent way. He went ahead and protested and used the power of words to resolve the issues in the world. Ceaser Chavez, a labor union organizer and civil rights leader, devotes the ones in need. He published an article in the magazine of a religious organization devoted to help those in need. Chavez uses logos, pathos, and tone to convey that freedom is best experienced through participation and self determination.
ReplyDeleteInto: Labor union organizer and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, published an article in the magazine of a religious organization that devoted to helping those in need on the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. Cesar Chavez argues that in order to keep peace and make change to a society, people must make changes in a non-violence matter. Martin Luther King stood for equal rights and fought towards racial discrimination without starting a riot. He stood strong arguing for fairness and equality in a way in which no one was hurt because his words and arguments were so powerful and influential among society and was taken into consideration leaving a mark for others to follow. Cesar Chavez evokes others to think that nonviolence resistance is necessary in such a world. He uses logos to demonstrate how nonviolence resistance is better logically, repetition to show reinforce his argument on the importance of nonviolence and uses an anecdote in which he talks about Gandhi's use of nonviolence perseverance being successfully revolutionary.
ReplyDeleteI really love your introduction. It's clear and very organized. Whoever reads it is going to know how your essay is going to look like. I would say that in order to take it to an upper-notch, you should try using more sophisticated language. I also wouldn't say anecdote but allusion because it is a historical reference not a personal story.
DeleteSamuel utilizes the logic behind the situation to show this woman why her request for her son to be admitted to university behind the curtain is unjust just like the hope she has for it to come true. Samuel elaborates on this hope that this woman has gained with her request and explains that “expectations improperly indulged, must end in disappointment.”(7-8) the expectations this woman has are improper, they are unfair when compared to the student who does their work and gets in on their own merits. Allowing her son to be admitted would mean disrespecting those who have worked to achieve what they strive for. Samuel uses logos to show this woman why her ways will end in disappointment. The woman as a result will understand the reasoning behind his refusal to help her son gain so easily that others die for. Samuel’s use of logos connects with the woman on another level and results in her having a better understanding of why he can not help her.
ReplyDeleteBarry uses Imagery, to convince the reader of the beauty the Mississippi River holds. Barry points out that the Mississippi River “moves south in layers and whorls, like an uncoiling rope made up of a multitude of discrete fibers, each one following an independent and unpredictable path, each one separately and together capable of snapping like a whip.” (Barry lines 36-40). The use of Imagery lets the reader get a visual picture of how fascinating the River is. The force the river has, to have the water flow its own, independent way, the whorls that come up and make the river unpredictable. This shows that the river's unique features help us to distinguish it from others. With this powerful picture in the reader’s mind, they’re able to fully and truly appreciate the Rivers' beauty.
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Yes, I agree with your analysis. the description of the way the river flows clearly indicates how the river is unique as well as its fascinating use of force.
DeleteCeaser Chavez uses a Rhetorical Question to make the audience think about the effects of Violent protest and its negative effects. When examining history Chavez asks “Who gets killed in the case of violent revolution?” In which he responds ``The poor, the workers.” (lines 78-79). He asks this question for the farmers and audience to reflect on what has happened in the past. He is pointing out that when there have been protests no matter win or lose. The workers will always lose and it is usually with death. This shows how Chavez uses a Rhetorical Question to cause the farmers to think. He is using valid evidence of history to show them that Violence is not the right path to go down for their fight of Freedom because the farmers will be no famers claim it since they are dead.
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Fidman taps into the heart strings of millions of mothers, by explaining how intelligent kids are beat down just for wearing glasses. Fridman describes how "nerds" should be stick up them selves, and that, "It is high time to face the persecutors who haunt the bright kid with thick glasses from kindergarten to the grave" (Lines 30 -32). No mother wants to see their child or any child be bullied for being intelligent. Fridman brings up a hard topic, for kids sadly drive themselves to suicide because they are being bullied. By saying "Kindergarten to the grave", Fridman is able use Pathos to connect to mothers and shed light on a serious issue. It allows the audience to sit back and feel for these mothers and children who go through so much because of the knowledge a kid holds. The audience now notices the importance of not bringing down ones intelligence and uplifting the others athletic ability, for those who hold knowledge should also be important to society.
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ReplyDeleteMarquart uses pathos in her memoir to let her audience know that North Dakota’s history holds eventful memories that are cherished in some people’s hearts. Although Marquart's memoir looks like North Dakota is a boring place, it holds many stories about immigrants and their hardships: “Such is the situation of all of my great-grandparents and grandparents … between the years of 1885 and 1911. They traveled to the Midwest by train to what was then the end of the line—Eureka, South Dakota” (Lines 62-65). The emotion that Marquart is trying to evoke was pride. She’s satisfied with how her grandparents got up and left their homes and migrated to start a new life. This was actually how all immigrants migrated, by traveling on trains for countless and countless days. By using her grandparents in her memoir, the readers can connect more because maybe the reader is an immigrant themselves. Or is related to an immigrant who migrated in years between 1885 and 1911. She’s conjuring up the exact same feelings she’s feeling in the readers. People who are reading this, will start feeling the pride that they were related to people who went to such a beautiful and historical place. It’s really a shame that people don't acknowledge the essence of the Midwest. Maybe after this, the readers can see that though the scenery might be boring, the history is what counts. The Midwest is filled with rich history that can never be washed away from people’s minds.
i like your analysis part and how you connected it to how the audience feels.
DeleteIn the passage by Scott Russell Sanders, which was his response to Salman Rushdie who was a writer that left his native India for England. Scott Russell Sanders talks about America being a place where people have the freedom to do things that they enjoy and might be bizarre. He also writes that Americans share a serious enthusiasm for immigration and that immigration has diversified America. Rushdie writes about his enthusiasm for immigration by using alliteration. Rushdie also uses context in describing the Dust bowl in America and how it changed America. Rushdie uses allusion in describing his enthusiasm for migration by describing its diversity. " So Americans share Rushdie's enthusiasm for migration, for the hybridity, impurity, intermingling, the transforming that come of new and unexpected combination of human beings, cultures, ideas, politics, movies, songs. Everything about us is mongrel, from race to language, and we are stronger for it." This quote illustrates that Rushdie used alliteration by describing the diversity immigration bring to America and showing his enthusiasm for immigration.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Hazlitt uses parallelism to emphasize that money can be the turning point in which we lead our lives, money is the leading factor to whether or not you live with misfortune or not. His use of parallelism connects his ideas to real-life examples, thus establishing his message. Right from the beginning, he lists out the things you could have if you had money: he goes on from there and intensifies his examples. “It is to be [...] an exile in one’s own country; to forego leisure, freedom, ease of body and mind [...] it is to be compelled to stand behind a counter.” (Lines 11-17) Hazlitt says that the desire to want money and not having it will control you, it's the reasoning behind why these things happen. But in his subtext, he says that these are all the things you would avoid if only you had money. The act of stating this proves that the desire to live a life where you could avoid all those is much stronger than your own personal desires. Hazlitt’s parallelism is the repetition of the phrase, “It is to be,” to list out all the uncontrollable things that money compels. The building on and on to his parallelism further strengthens his argument by subjecting the readers to a reflection of their own lives. By reading his words and taking that into account, the reader understands the true power money possesses over free will. Hazlitt’s parallelism forces the readers to reflect on his message and see that the desire for money is the will to live.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you you introduced your quotes and how you were able to analyze the rhetorical device. I could see you pointed out how parallelism works in Hazlitt's essay and how this rhetorical device helped the reader to understand his point about money. Overall really good!
DeleteIn a world where we are constantly fighting for what is right, we often disagree on the methods to achieve peace. Cesar Chavez expressed his support for Dr. King’s course of action when he was fighting for the civil rights of African Americans 10 years prior. Chavez wishes to help the farm workers movement and wants to ensure their victory will be permanent. As a labor union organizer and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez published an article in the magazine of a religious organization devoted to helping those in need. Chavez uses juxtaposition, allusions, and pathos to effectively prove how nonviolence is truly the only way to successfully achieve the justice we deserve.
ReplyDeleteIn Things Fall Apart the characterization of Okonkwo reveals how having a closed mindset, being biased, and selfish can lead to destruction. Chinua Achebe uses many figurative language in his book to describe Okonkwo and one of them is when Okonkwo is being compared to fire which is very destructive but then that fire is being put out. Okonkwo commits the most sinful sin which is killing yourself all because of his own toxic personality. Okonkwo is close minded and stubborn but if he wasn't so focused on what people thought of him for being a coward and not standing up for himself, and trying to be the “man” his father wasn't he would still be alive. Fire will always be destructive but not for long, fire will always be put out or overcomed one way or another.
ReplyDeleteThe essay that I'm most proud off is the "Mark Twain Essay" and this is my last body paragraph explaining the usage of IRONY.
ReplyDelete[Lastly, a presidential candidate will tend to get the public to admire them. Due to the United States having a huge population that consists of low and middle-class citizens, winning these two social classes is a ticket to getting the popular vote. A presidential candidate that runs for the betterment of the people tends to win, but ironically Twain thinks otherwise, “My financial views are of the most decided character, but they are not likely, perhaps, to increase my popularity with the advocates of inflation… I admit also that I am not a friend of the poor man.” (Twain) Twain uses irony to emphasize his realness with the public. He’s not running to help the poor, he’s running to help the rich. His statement might not do him any good in winning the popular vote, but due to the wealthy elite having major control of the electoral college he is satirizing the hypocritical choices and the lies a candidate would say and do to get the poor people to vote in their favor.]