Talk:Rhetoric and Composition/Rhetorical Analysis

12/17/2012: Hello, what I am planning on doing for this section of this wiki book take the information on the page and make it a bit more accessible. I will attempt to comply with the requests you, Dr. Barton, have made at the top of the page. Along with making the information more accessible, I would like to attempt to expand and add examples as I see fit throughout the section. Finally, I will work to incorporate any information I can to address the suggestions listed below. Essentially, my goal is to make this portion of the book accessible and aesthetically pleasing. -E. Kelly.

I am not sure we are really need to talk about how to write an essay (i.e. thesis statements) in how to write a rhertorical analysis. I think the bigger situation that needs to be addressed is what is seen in the numbered list. Shouldn't we expand on these a bit?

I also think somewhere someone should mention how a rhetorical analysis differs from a review. What about a section on Aristotle's rhetoric? Ethos, pathos, logos?

Today I just made the page look more aesthetically pleasing, while making some minor grammatical corrections. Later this week I'll try adding more content.

12/4 Does anyone think we should put up an exemplary rhetorical analysis? It might be a nice thing to have. I found some good ones online, and have a couple from past classes, but would need to get the appropriate people's permission.

11/12/08 I am in the process of elaborating this entire page. I have already added a fairly comprehensive list of fallacies, and am working next on the rhetorical devices beyond the Aristotelian pathos, ethos, and logos.

Logic issue...
On the section that states:

"Say that you are writing a paper on immigration and you say "55,000 illegal immigrants entered this country last year, of those, only 23,000 did it legally." There is obviously something wrong here. Although saying 55,000 immigrants were "illegal" makes for an impressive statistic, it is apparently not correct if you admit that 23,000 of these people immigrated legally. The actual number of illegal immigrants would then be only 32,000, a significantly lower number. The purpose of this example is to demonstrate how having logical progression to an argument is essential in effectively communicating your intended message."

The interpretation given fails as a proper example. An immigrant may enter legally into a country and later become rightly labeled as an illegal immigrant, so the statement "55,000 illegal immigrants entered this country last year, of those, only 23,000 did it legally." becomes correct under that light, even if a bit confusing if one does not understand the ways the status of an immigrant may change overtime. For example if a work or study visa is voided the immigrant status after some legal established timeframe changes... --Panic (discuss • contribs) 19:45, 7 August 2015 (UTC)