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Summary Of Rhetorical Criticism

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The overreaching objective of a rhetorical critic is to illuminate characteristics about a specific event or text, analyze the symbols and artifacts, and construct an argument to influence. This methodology works under the assumption that the reality we live in is socially constructed and these social events have the power to influence action (Christians, 2001). It begins with an interest in a particular area (i.e. social activism, political election, or race riot) and asking the questions about how these particular symbols are used (Foss, 2009a). Moreover, Foss explains critics seek to elucidate what the symbol teach society. The role of theory is employed differently in rhetorical criticism than in the other methodologies. The general use of theory is to explain the questions of why, or why a particular event or phenomena occurs (Sutton & Staw, 1995). Theory in rhetorical criticism is the particular lens the critic uses to evaluate and craft an argument. This effects how a rhetorical critic uses evidence to support their argument. Collecting data, in the form of field notes or surveys, is important to methodologies like quantitative and qualitative studies, a strong argument is the support, logic, and evidence needed in rhetorical criticism (Christians, 2001). For example, a quantitative researcher needs to have specific …show more content…

Goehring’s (2010) examination on the aesthetics of the Abu Ghraib prison photographs. The study was not designed to establish how awful or terrible these photos are, or condemns the actions of the U.S. soldiers committing the acts but examines the creation of morality narratives surrounding the photos. Goehring identified five moral frameworks: ritualistic, spectacular, traumatic, pornographic, and iconic. The purpose of the study was not to demonize the photos, but to understand the negative narratives surrounding the photos and how they provoke discussion to this

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Grant-Davie describes thoroughly the term rhetorical situation and how the development of the definition and its constituents has contributed to the discovery of the motives and responses behind any discourse. The analysis of rhetorical situations could determine the outer or inner influences of the rhetors, the audience, and their particular constraints. Grant Davie supports his claims by using the earlier definitions of scholars and teachers as his foundation. He also addresses his own analysis drawn by life experienced discourses which it also helps the reader understand the causes of rhetorical situations. This is important because it teaches any writer or reader to analyze a situation and think about the options and paths it could lead

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Speeches are used to commemorate points of history, and inform the general public of the product of their history but what makes a speech so impacting on it’s audience? Rhetorical devices give speeches and works of literature a way that can convey feelings or ideas to a viewer. When addressing during times of war or chaos, people such as Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill used these terms to better connect with their audience. Without these tools of the english language, dialogue and literature would be all the more dull and unappealing. However, with these useful instruments, writers and speakers can better communicate through some of the many rhetorical devices.

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Rhetorical knowledge is the ability to analyze and act on an understanding of audience, purpose, and context in creating comprehensive texts. For example, my rhetorical analysis of formal and well-organized whereas my in-class writing "Seattle Versus the Homeless" contains a less formal tone and is a bit disorder because it was an informal assignment. This shows an understanding of rhetorical knowledge because I understand when and when not to write formally. One part of rhetorical analysis the understanding of the author's claims and how they build on it. An essay where I manifest this is in my rhetorical analysis of Bettelheim's "Fairy Tales and the Existential Predicament," in which I point out Bettelheim's claims and how he gets his point across to the reader.

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Writing a rhetorical analysis on a specific text is something that I have never had to do before in prior classes, so when I found out that I had to write an entire paper on a rhetorical analysis on a text of my choosing I was a little worried. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to give lengthy and accurate descriptions at a college level. Once I read in the textbook what a rhetorical analysis exactly was, my worry was overcome with ease to say the least. I decided to do my analysis on a speech written by one the most inspiring people in my life Gloria Steinem. Gloria Steinem is an American feminist and social political activist who wrote an article in the New York TImes “ After Black Power, Women’s Liberation” which brought her fame as

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Rhetorical strategies are a variety of parts that make up an essay. The strategies include everything from explaining a process, to structure of writing. Whether the author 's purpose is to entertain, inform, or persuade, ultimately these strategies will strengthen not only the author’s purpose, but also the writing itsef. Typically when authors use these strategies, they are very precise to how they use them, and when deeply analysing a piece of writing, this is very clear. In Bell Hooks’ “Understanding Patriarchy”, she used rhetorical strategies to convey her purpose.

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Genre Throughout the different texts we analyzed in the first half of the quarter, we looked at the various genres of the texts in order to see how they affect rhetoric. Genres are important to rhetoric because they raise and manage expectations the audience might have for a specific work. This is because people have internalized the generic conventions of a genre. We delved into these conventions by analyzing different genres of texts such as Pitbull’s music video, film, various poems, and speeches. An example of how we analyzed a genre is how we annotated Horace’s poem about carpe diem.

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Past leaders such as Andrew Jackson, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Marc Antony are evidence that society does not reward morality and good character in leadership. Society is drawn to leaders that have good rhetoric, propaganda, and charismatic personalities, and society supports them despite their immorality. Society is concerned about stability more than the morality of their leaders and will support immoral leaders in times of crisis to provide stability. In history there have been multiple leaders that have used rhetoric, propaganda and charismatic personalities to gain power, despite their morals.

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As Edwin Black explains in Rhetorical Criticism: A Study in Method, applying historical models to artifacts indigenous to the times will always forgo and ignore unique rhetorical opportunities

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Grant-Davie opens his writing with numerous definitions of a rhetorical situation. He then says that these definitions do not grasp the complexity of rhetorical situations. To fully understand a rhetorical situation, he suggests an analysis of the exigence, recognizing that rhetors and audience are both a part of a rhetorical situation, and that there may be multiple rhetors or audience. Grant-Davie then stated the four constituents in rhetorical situations that are exigence, rhetors, audiences, and constraints.

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Although, I always had difficulty writing effective outlines conclusions I always get stuck thinking that I have already said everything that I wanted. With that being said, I have to work on finding a way to put all my ideas together so that it gives progress towards the essay. All things considered, the most important skill I have learned is how to differentiate between summary and analysis. Through writing this paper, I have learned to look deeper into the meaning rhetorical, rather than just jumping to conclusions. This course specifically focused on analyzing how the use of the specific rhetoric is beneficial as well as the intended

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The method I used to explore my research question is Metaphor criticism, which is employed by scholars to analyze texts by locating metaphors with texts and evaluating those metaphors in effort to better understand ways in which authors appeal to their audiences (Gerianne Merrigan, 2004). Metaphor is a primary means by which phenomena in the world become objects of reality or knowledge for us. It’s also a way of thinking, offering the listeners and the readers fresh ways of examining ideas and viewing the world (FOss, 2004). A number of theories describe metaphor through different aspects. In the book Rhetorical criticism: Exploration & practice, Foss (2004) mentioned that metaphors are nonliteral comparisons in which a world or phrase form

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Introduction According to (Wet, 2017) , there are various ways in which we can assess a political speech, and thus partake in rhetorical criticism. The focus of rhetorical criticism has been a much abandoned area of study in South Africa, but many approaches to rhetorical criticism are found in the literature, especially in American literature, where the field of study developed substantially in the 20th century. Ethos: Ethos was initially defined by Aristotle in On Rhetoric as being reliable.

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The rhetorical aspect is reflected in this piece as the author explains various aspects of all three elements of rhetoric within his essay. The author spends considerable time analyzing the speech’s and ensuring that his readers understand his analysis and how it applies to his assertions. The ideas and basic rhetorical aspects are in fact demonstrated relatively well within this particular

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