Step 1: Watch the following video:
Step 2: Discuss. Answer the discussion questions below. Remember all posts and responses should be complete paragraphs/thoughts:
1. Dr. Nicole Allen talks about the the difference between rhetorical texts as fragments vs. rhetorical texts as wholes. What are some advantages/disadvantages of both conceptualizations of rhetorical texts?
2. Dr. Nicole Allen briefly discusses her rhetorical analyses of the Pussy Riot protests in Russia in the 2010’s. After skimming the article, apply Bitzer’s rhetorical situation to her texts. (Article Attached to order).
Remember you are reframing the texts that Dr. Allen analyzed, you are NOT analyzing Dr. Allen’s report as it’s own text.
a. What is the exigence she identifies in the paper for conducting the analysis?
b. What texts does she analyze?
c. Who is/are the audience(s) of the texts?
d. What are some of the constraints she identifies in the text?
3. Pretend for a moment that you are a rhetorical critic.
a. What text(s) would you be interested in analyzing? Why?
b. What rhetorical method would you use to analyze these texts (i.e. neoclassical, genre, metaphoric, etc.)? Why?
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