DRAFT 1.

2: REVISION OF
THE RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
Week 13

TURN IN THE CLASSROOM

SURVEY
1. Take out your classroom survey.
2. Hold up the survey.
Check for completion only (Instructor will do so).

3. Put your name on the question sheet and pass the sheet on.
4. Put your classroom survey in the manila envelope.

WRITING ACTIVITY
Please take out a separate sheet of paper and write your name/section at
the top.
Please write 1-3 questions that you have for your instructor.
Ex. How many siblings do you have? What is your goal in life?

Please keep your questions appropriate.

These questions will be answered during the next and final class.

FINAL ASSIGNMENTS UPDATE

Draft 1.2
Due: Monday, November 30 on Raider Writer by 11:59:59 p.m.

Writing Review
Due: Friday, December 4 on Raider Writer by 11:59:59 p.m.

Final Grades
Due: Monday, December 14 (either by 8am or noon)

REMINDER ABOUT OFFICE

HOURS
Monday, November 23
2 p.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday, November 24
2 p.m.-4 p.m.

Monday, November 30
1 p.m.- 5 p.m.

DRAFT 1.2: FINAL DRAFT OF

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
Objective:To complete a final, polished draft of your analysis paper
Purpose:In the first half of the course, you honed your writing skills so as to prepare you for college level writing. You used
all of these skills, (summarizing, paraphrasing, critical reading, constructing thesis statements, and using supporting
material via quotations) throughout the writing of the initial draft of this assignment. Since completing Draft 1.1, you have
written peer critiques and practiced revising various sections of the draft. This assignment asks you to put everything
youve learned this semester together in writing a final draft of your rhetorical analysis.
Description:To complete this assignment, first evaluate your initial draft (Draft 1.1) by answering the following questions.
Did you select a text to analyze? Did you select your text and critically read it to determine the writers purpose and
intended audience for the text? Do you have a good understanding of those elements?
Have you analyzed the text so as to determine the specific strategies (rhetorical choices) the writer uses to achieve his or
her purpose and to meet the needs of the audience? After you determined what these strategies (rhetorical choices) were
used, you were to have considered how well these strategies (rhetorical choices) actually worked.
If you have not completed any or all of the above, your revisions should start by addressing these concerns. If you did, your
revisions might begin with adding additional discussion of the text, or they may begin with a close analysis of your own
evidence, sentence structure, word choice, and tone. How could you improve the communication of your own points to your
intended readers?
Your revised draft needs to be between 1200-1500 words.
Given that this is a final draft, it should be proofread carefully to ensure that it is grammatically and
mechanically correct. Please use MLA format for your works cited and your in-text citations.

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS OF DRAFT

1.2
Treat this draft 1.2 like a FINAL and a final paper.
Must be 1200-1500 words.
Must include parenthetical citations and work cited.
Must include more analysis than summary.
Must include revisions.

Check both grader 1 and grader 2 commentary.

Check peer critiques.
Check feedback from classroom workshops and tutoring sessions.
Make revisions based upon your observations.

COMPONENTS OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

Introduction:
Hook or Attention Getter (Optional) (Must give credit to author and tie in with the
rest of your introduction).
Brief background information about author and article.
Identification of audience (specific, specific, specific) and purpose.
Thesis statement (three rhetorical choices, effective or ineffective, strong verb!)

Body paragraphs (You can have more than 3)

Topic sentence (identify rhetorical choice)

A little more information about how author uses rhetorical choice.
Example (Remember to integrate your quotes)
Plenty of analysis (Focus on audience)
Transition to next body paragraph at end or beginning of new paragraph.

MORE COMPONENTS
Conclusion:
Restate your thesis statement (not verbatim)
Sum up your analysis

MLA Citation:
Last name, first name. Title of Article. First-Year Writing: Writing in the
Disciplines. Ninth Custom Edition. New York: Pearson, 2015. Page numbers.
Print.
(Authors last name page number) or (page number)

FEW GRAMMATICAL RULES

Add apostrophe to show possession (ownership).
McGrays purpose, MacNeils audience, Simons rhetorical choices
No apostrophe needed to make a word plural.

Avoid comma splices.

I like English; you like mathematics. OR I like English. You like mathematics.

Use the correct pronoun.

Their is for more than one person.

Commas and periods go inside quotation marks.

In Lost in America,

ANY QUESTIONS?

WORKSHOP ACTIVITY
Please take out your rough draft of your draft 1.2. Make sure that your name is
on your work.
As a class, please get into a circle.
Follow along to your instructors rule.

First, introduction.
(brief info, audience/purpose, thesis statement)
Next, body paragraphs (one by one).
(topic sentence, example, analysis)
Conclusion.
(restate thesis statement, summary of analysis)
Grammar and final commentary.

ANY QUESTIONS?

RECAP OF DRAFT 1.2

What is the word count requirement?
What do you need to include in your rhetorical analysis?
Intro:
Body para:
Conclusion:

When is your draft 1.2 due?

BEFORE YOU LEAVE

Work on your Rhetorical Analysis BEFORE YOU LEAVE for Thanksgiving
Break! Take a few full days off during break. Come back to the draft with a
clear mind!
Check through the comments from the graders and peer critiques. Did
you address all of these issues?
I will be available via email over Thanksgiving break!
Except Thanksgiving day and Friday.

Have a great Thanksgiving!