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A rhetorical essay is one of the most common types of essays that students write in colleges and universities. This essay requires analysis, firm knowledge of the discussed material, ability to identify logical fallacies and Aristotelian appeals and the structure of an argument.
Structure of essay
Page 1
I. Introduce the material and explain its context.
a. Who is the author?
b. What is his or her background?
c. Does the author tell you anything directly about him/herself?
II. Determine the piece?s intended audience
a. Who did the author write the piece for?
b. What beliefs does the author assume the audience shares with him or her?
c. Here and how does the author make these assumptions explicit? Where does he/she imply/infer them?
Page 2
I. What are the piece?s main points? What are the piece?s strategies and structures?
a. What is the piece about? (brief summary: Title, date, and author)
b. What is the author trying to accomplish?
c. What is the message he/she is trying to convey?
d. Does the author present all sides of an issue or just a few?
e. Why might he/she have chosen to just focus on those points (and not the hundred other ones he/she left out)?
Page 3 & 4: Rhetorical Strategies & Purpose
I. What appeals does the author use?
a. Ethos
b. Pathos
c. Logos
d. How do these appeals build or not build creditability?
II. What logical fallacies does the author use?
III. Determine the purpose
a. Is the author trying to persuade? Inform? Entertain? Inspire? Pay tribute?
b. How can you tell?
c. Is this purpose achieved? Why or why not? Explain.
Page 5: Linguistic devices
I. Style
a. Is the language casual or formal? How does the author?s choice of words convey his/her main point(s)?
b. Does the author use specialized jargon? Why?
c. Does the author use facts and figures, anecdotes, quotes, figurative language, emotive language, dialogue, and personal narrative to make his/her point? What effect does that have?
II. Tone
a. What is the author?s tone? (Angry, bitter, annoyed, reverent, etc.)
b. How might people who agree with the author interpret his/her tone?
c. How might people who disagree with the author interpret his/her tone?
III. Conclusion
a. What is your brief point of view about the information you read? (Third Person)
Don’t really need that many sources unless it is related in the argument.
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