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Honors English 9

April 28, 2020

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Hello!

I would highly encourage you to take some notes today--either in your notebook or on a doc.

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LEARNING TARGET

I can name and write the required parts of a rhetorical analysis essay.

I will show this by analyzing a letter to the editor.

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1. Rhetorical Analysis Prompts

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Rhetorical Analysis Prompts

  • In AP, rhetorical analysis essays are written based on a provided prompt and passage
  • The passage is often part of a speech or letter
  • The prompt will ask you to analyze the rhetorical choices the author/speaker makes
    • Sometimes the prompt will tell you what the author’s purpose is, other times you have to figure it out yourself

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Example Prompts

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Example Prompts

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2. The Rhetorical Analysis Essay:

Intro Paragraph

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Rhetorical Analysis Intro

  • The intro paragraph has two parts:
    • 1st sentence: Summary that introduces the speaker, the audience, and the subject of the passage
    • 2nd sentence: Thesis that answers the prompt and lists the rhetorical choices that will be analyzed

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Practice Prompt

In 2018, Max Eilefson, a student at Irondale High School in New Brighton, Minnesota, wrote a letter to the editor in the local suburban newspaper. Read the following letter, then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the rhetorical choices Eilefson makes to convey his message.

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Practice Passage

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Practice Intro Paragraph

1st sentence: Summary that introduces the speaker, the audience, and the subject of the passage

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In his letter to the editor, high school hockey player Max Eilefson appeals to families in his local community to support building a hockey rink for Irondale High School.

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Practice Intro Paragraph

2nd sentence: Thesis that answers the prompt and lists the rhetorical choices that will be analyzed

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Eilefson uses personal experience, comparison, and unifying diction to convey his message that Irondale needs its own rink.

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(notice that logos, pathos, and ethos are NOT used as rhetorical choices)

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Practice Intro Paragraph

In his letter to the editor, high school hockey player Max Eilefson appeals to families in his local community to support building a hockey rink for Irondale High School. Eilefson uses personal experience, comparison, and unifying diction to convey his message that Irondale needs its own rink.

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Next Steps

Complete the 3-question Google Form in Classroom.

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