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Says/Does Analysis:

Says/Does Analysis:. Analyzing Rhetoric. Objectives. Evaluate the text “The Stranger in the Photo Is Me” for purpose, structure, and style using the Says/Does Analysis process. Build descriptive language vocabulary and use this language in an effective rhetorical analysis. Warm-up: Says/Does.

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Says/Does Analysis:

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  1. Says/Does Analysis: Analyzing Rhetoric

  2. Objectives • Evaluate the text “The Stranger in the Photo Is Me” for purpose, structure, and style using the Says/Does Analysis process. • Build descriptive language vocabulary and use this language in an effective rhetorical analysis.

  3. Warm-up: Says/Does • Read the essay “The Stranger in the Photo Is Me” by Donald M. Murray, annotating and highlighting ideas, syntax, diction, tone, and other rhetoric devices that indicate function. Rem., when you annotate, you are commenting and questioning.

  4. Says: Purpose and Audience? • What is Murray’s ( the author’s ) claim (and/or what’s his aim?) • Who is Murray’s audience for this piece? Reference the text in your response.

  5. When analyzing a text, should always ask yourself: What is my (or the author’s ) claim (and/or what’s my aim?) AND • What am I (is he or she-author) doing to get it across, in all its glory, to my (his or her) audience?

  6. Your explanation would look like this (Paragraph three) • General: Extending his observations, he cites a paradox. • Specific: Murray cites a paradox while observing the discrepancy between how people appeared in life with the phrase “so old then” and how they look “so young now” in photos.

  7. Says: Summary of each paragraph Does: Analysis of the rhetoric used by author (why he says what he says and how he does it—rhetoric use) Says/Does Activity: Two Columns

  8. Closure: Says/Does • How has this Says/Does activity helped you with analyzing the rhetoric of a given text? Be specific in your response. What part of “the Stranger in the Photo Is Me” stands out most to you and why?

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