Rhetorical Analysis 20% of final grade (part of final portfolio) Draft Due: 17 October by 11:59 pm Choose a rhetorical object

and write a 1200-word analysis of it. Your audience is an intelligent person who knows nothing of your object. *What is a rhetorical object? Practically anything, but for those who need a definition: an object deliberately created to make an argument. A painting, photograph, print, or other work of visual composition A dance, song, drama, or other piece of performing composition A poem, essay, book, or other piece of literary composition A film, commercial, television show, or other piece of visual composition A building, sculpture, fiber, or other piece of plastic composition A website, webpage, or other piece of digital composition *What constitutes analysis? Based on a description that re-presents the object to a reader, analysis has several components: 1.) summarize the creators purpose (both the form and content) 2.) detail how the creators choices advanced that purpose (both the form and content) 3.) evaluate the effectiveness of these choices Note: analysis is NOT whether you agree with the point of view or argument. Grading (on the traditional 100 point scale) emerges from a composite of the following five categories (each worth 20 points): Description Did you adequately describe the object so that the reader can picture, hear, sense it? Is your description an appropriate length? Summary Have you summarized the creators purpose or argument in a clear and concise manner? Do readers understand how you discerned the purpose or argument? Do you adequately separate the issues of form and content? Analysis Have you listed and evaluated the effectiveness of the creators methods to achieve his/her/their purpose or argument? Do you back up your analytical observations with evidence? Have you distinguished between form and content? Flow and Organization Have you enticed the reader and kept the readers attention? Can the reader follow your own argument and logic throughout the essay? Clarity and Appropriateness Is your voice discernable from the creators? Have you imagined your audience appropriately?