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Take appropriate notes on a given topic, read a text critically, and discuss the rhetorical situation surrounding the text, and the syntax and diction used within the text. DO Now:.

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  1. Take appropriate notes on a given topic, read a text critically, and discuss the rhetorical situation surrounding the text, and the syntax and diction used within the text. DO Now: Read the prompt above, and then make a list of things you will need to know and know how to do to complete it successfully:

  2. Lesson 1: Good note format Divide your paper as shown. Label the Parts Cornell Notes (Quick Quiz 9/16)

  3. Understanding Writing:The Rhetorical Situation With help from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab

  4. Rhetoric: Using language effectively to persuade, inform, educate, or entertain • Rhetorical Situation: Those factors that help a writer determine which rhetorical devices are most effective. What is a Rhetorical Situation?

  5. Language /Design Media/ Genre Writer’s POV The Rhetorical Situation

  6. Writer’s POV: Cultural Factors which can affect a writer’s stance • age • experiences • gender • race/ethnicity • political beliefs • parents and peers • education

  7. The “situation” which generates the need for writing • Affected by the • Time period or timing • Location • Current events • Cultural significance Writer’s POV: Contextual Factors which can affect a writer’s stance

  8. Purpose: A Writer’s Reason For Writing

  9. Category or type of writing/format • Genres/Media hinge upon purpose and the needs/expectations of the projected audience. • Examples: fiction, autobiographical story, news article, review, letter to the editor/editorial, rhetorical analysis, criticism, persuasive essay, blog, video, photograph, email, etc. Media/ Genre

  10. Many of the same factors which affect the writer also affect the audience • Age • Social class • Education • Past experience • Culture/subculture • Expectations Audience

  11. The style with which information is conveyed from one person to another (Formal English, Technical/Scientific Jargon, Informal English) • What design/ language level will best get your message across? (verbal/ nonverbal, photos, titles, bullets, video layouts, etc.) Language/ Design

  12. Writer’s POV • Purpose • Audience • Genre/Media • Language/Design Rhetorical Situation

  13. You need to be aware that a rhetorical situation exists every time you write or read. What this means…

  14. So Let’s Evaluate the R.S. Grab sticky notes and a Readings for Writers book, and turn to p.54

  15. Practice: Q. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9  on pp.  37-39 in Readings for Writers 

  16. Homework: Read “Salvation” pp. 124-5 and identify the Rhetorical Situation

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