If you are taking the final exam for this class, it will be like the 1st semester final exam ( a rhetorical analysis essay), but you will not have the same text options to choose from. You will be presented with two other options. Below is the prompt:
Directions:
Choose one of the following pieces to write about. You
should write a well organized and insightful five to six paragraph essay
analyzing how the writer uses rhetorical elements and strategies to develop
his/her argument/point(s). Avoid mere plot summary; make sure that
you articulate what the author’s main argument(s)/point(s) are and how he or
she uses specific rhetorical elements/strategies to develop the argument(s).
Make sure to use some textual evidence – generally, short quotes embedded into
the flow of your sentences – to support your analysis. A reminder: while reading the piece and
working on your essay, you may wish to consider the devices we studied this
semester, which include but are not limited to the following:
Tone/Mood
Imagery
Allusions
Organization and Structure
Syntactical Patterns (parallel structure, repetition,
antithesis, sentence length and style/arrangement)
Diction (word choice)
Figurative Language (metaphor, simile,
personification, hyperbole, understatement)
Selection of details
Use of examples/analogies
Use of Comparison/contrast
Irony
Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, logos, pathos)
Please turn in items in the following order:
·
Your rhetorical analysis essay
·
This sheet
Annotated copy of
piece
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