Rhetorical Analysis and Rhetorical Modes
A Rhetorical Analysis essay analyzes how an author uses rhetorical devices for an intended effect. Passages for the rhetorical analysis essay are usually non-fiction descriptions rife with tropes and schemes. Students analyze a passage for the devices (tropes and schemes) and how these affect the overall meaning or the author's purpose. The rhetorical analysis essay is the second essay on the essay section of the AP exam.
During the first month of school, students begin with learning the tropes and schemes. They then slowly learn how these devices are used by authors to achieve an effect. During this time, students write several mini-analyses, focusing on either on tropes or schemes and progressing to full passages. These are necessary for the remaining essays as good authors (as in the ones pictured below) use rhetorical devices in their writing.
THE REST OF THE SEMESTER
The remaining semester will be spent on the rhetorical modes not studied last year. AP/CEP students will write the following essays (of considerable length): Illustration, Division and Classification, Cause and Effect, and an Autobiographical Narrative Process Analysis.
During the first month of school, students begin with learning the tropes and schemes. They then slowly learn how these devices are used by authors to achieve an effect. During this time, students write several mini-analyses, focusing on either on tropes or schemes and progressing to full passages. These are necessary for the remaining essays as good authors (as in the ones pictured below) use rhetorical devices in their writing.
THE REST OF THE SEMESTER
The remaining semester will be spent on the rhetorical modes not studied last year. AP/CEP students will write the following essays (of considerable length): Illustration, Division and Classification, Cause and Effect, and an Autobiographical Narrative Process Analysis.
|
|
