AP Language: Rhetorical Analysis Essay Flashcards

6637582466	Introduction: First Sentence	credentials, first and last name, type of text, title of text, strong verb, subject	0
6637590292	Introduction: Second Sentence	writer's last name, purpose	1
6637593539	Introduction: Third Sentence	tone, in order to, audience	2
6637599153	Introduction Example	Well-known essayist and writer, Joan Didion, in her essay, "The Santa Ana," interprets the dramatic mood altering effects of the Santa Ana winds on human behavior. Didion uses varied sentence structure and picturesque diction to achieve her purpose of impressing upon readers the idea that the winds themselves change the way people act and react. She creates a dramatic tone in order to convey the sinister winds and their inescapable effects.	3
6637610170	Body: First Sentence	Identify section of text you are analyzing and the main idea of that section	4
6637617810	Body: Second Sentence	Convey the writer's support for the main idea by identifying and providing a specific example for one rhetorical strategy used by the writer. If needed, this format will be repeated to discuss another rhetorical strategy in that section.	5
6637622296	Body: Third Sentence	Explains how the rhetorical strategies you discussed in the previous sentences help the writer achieve his purpose by using an in order to statement	6
6637624526	Body: Fourth Sentence	Identifies the effect of the writer's use of these rhetorical strategies on the audience.	7
6637626355	Body Example	Reagan begins his tribute to the Challenger astronauts by acknowledging that the shuttle accident has appropriately postponed his planned State of the Union address and by expressing the depth of his and his wife's personal grief. He appeals to the mournful emotions of the audience by admitting that he and Mrs. Reagan are pained to the core" (3), that today is rightfully a "day for mourning and remembering" (2-3), and that the accident is "truly a national loss" (4). He joins in this time of mourning in order to unify the nation and humbly admit that "we share this pain with all of the people of our country" (4). This outpouring of emotion from the president conveys a conciliatory tone that reassures the nation that their grief is both warranted and proper.	8
6637638639	Conclusion	You can and should return to former ideas, but present them from a different angle. Perhaps show the combined effect of the writer's ideas in a rhetorical analysis. Be brief, clear, and concise.	9