How does the genre of the text impact how and where the text is presented? What features and conventions of style and presentation does the text have?
Rhetorical Comparative Analysis
The Introduction should be written mostly in third person nouns and pronouns. You should use past tense verbs when referring to the decisions of the authors but present tense verbs when referring to your own analysis.
This Introduction will require at least two paragraphs, probably more.
Comparative Analysis Body – for this section, you will choose at least 3 of the rhetorical elements below.
Exigence: the reason the text was written. Questions to consider include:
Why was the text originally written and to what was it meant to respond?
How does the text contribute to the larger conversation?
What are the important social, political, historical, and cultural contexts for the argument?
Whose interest does the text serve?
What can be inferred about why the author felt the text needed to be written?
Genre: the form and features of the text. Question to consider include:
How does the genre of the text impact how and where the text is presented?
What features and conventions of style and presentation does the text have?
Does the genre require formal or informal language or a particular tone?
What does genre allow the author to assume about his/her audience?