Rhetorical Analysis
You will need to write one rhetorical précis for each of your sources. Choose the 3 sources you’ll use for your synthesized rhetorical analysis. For each source:
Craft a citation (MLA or APA)
Write a rhetorical precis for that article
A rhetorical precis analyzes both the content (the what) and the delivery (the how) of a unit of spoken or written discourse. It is a highly structured four-sentence paragraph blending summary and analysis. Each of the four sentences requires specific information.
You are expected to use brief quotations (to convey a sense of the author’s style and tone) and to include a terminal bibliographic reference. Practicing this sort of writing fosters precision in both reading and writing, forcing a writer to employ a variety of sentence structures and to develop a discerning eye for connotative shades of meaning.
