Reflection on Project 2 Draft

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In this blog I will be discussing the two rhetorical analysis that I revised. I revised Samantha's draft as well as Elliot's draft. I will be discussing how reviewing these two analysis helped me understand my own analysis.

1) Do I have an identifiable thesis?

In my current draft I have put the thesis statement into my first paragraph so now it is more concise. In this, the reader no longer has to search for the map of the story. I can still work on incorporating the context of the speech in the story and how that influences the reliability of the author. But I can always work on making the words more condense so the message is gotten across in a more reasonable fashion. Elliot did

2)  How have I decided to organize my essay?

I organized mine more like the speech I did the analysis on. But I realized that I needed to include my thesis statement in the introduction paragraph, so the essay became more of an essay than a speech. This is something I need to finalize, whether it is an essay or a speech. Samantha and Elliot did more of an essay format and they made sure to include all the necessary information better.

3) Did I identify and analyze the five elements of the rhetorical situations?

I brought up the audience and how his language had to be dramatic enough to appeal to the general American public and relate to the people who do not agree with the ethics of the stem cell research.
But I can work on talking about the context and when the speech was given and how the timing influenced the result. I can also talk about the website and how the nature of the website could have impacted why they posted this speech and the website's audience.

4) Do I explain why and how certain rhetorical strategies are used?

I talked about how the author used logic as well as ethical appeals to increase his credibility. This as a major topic of my essay. This was brought up equally as much in the other essays and it helps bring up the way that the author is persuading.

5) Am I thoughtfully using evidence in each paragraph?

I have mentioned quotes in my paragraphs that refers back to the article that supports the claims I am making about rhetorical devices and strategies.

6) Do I leave your reader wanting more?

This is something I can work on. Get people more involved in the issue is a good way to get people to want to learn more. I guess I have to get more invested in this issue myself for others to get involved in it and want to read more.