Student Choice Rhetorical Situation

Learning Objective: SWBAT demonstrate an understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs and identify and write a thesis statement.

Direction: 1. Select a nonfiction text to analyze (article, essay, etc.). 2. Complete rhetorical situation analysis. 3. Answer questions.

Text Title:

Exigence:

Purpose:

Audience:

Context:

Writer:

Message:

1. How does the writer tailor the evidence, organization, and language of their argument in consideration of both the context of the rhetorical situation and the intended audience’s perspectives on the subject and the audience’s needs?

2. What kind of evidence (e. g., facts, anecdotes, analogies, statistics, examples, details, illustrations, expert opinions, personal observations, personal experiences, testimony, or experiments) does the writer us