Reflection of Rhetorical Analysis

Reflection of Rhetorical Analysis

I feel like I deserve an A- on this paper. I tried really hard to listen to the feedback that I got from you as well as the people in my group. I looked through the Writing and Rhetoric Supplemental Guide to look for things that my paper needed and how it could be improved. I think that my rhetorical tools that I discussed were explained thoroughly and I worked hard to make my introduction better and better especially from the opinion editorial that we wrote. I probably could have gone into a little more detail and focused on how to pertain each thing to my audience, but overall I feel like my final draft improved a lot from my first draft because I tried hard to fix those things.

If I had another chance, I would have gone to the writing center a couple of more times. I really like the feedback that they give there, especially because it is coming from people that know what they are talking about and what is expected from each paper. I would also have tried to go deeper into my analysis within my body paragraphs. I have a hard time really latching on and describing each and every detail. The article that I chose was a little bit harder than I thought to rhetorically analyze. I probably would have chosen a different article to write about.

My biggest challenge was going into a lot of detail when describing my rhetorical tools and explaining what made them effective as well as how they pertained to the audience. I struggled with identifying my audience and pulling them into my essay.

I think that my introduction is very strong. I also think that my ideas are very clear as well as the paragraphs being very organized.

Presidential Debate - Rhetorical Tools

Presidential Debate - Rhetorical Tools:

1: Hand gestures - Both Obama and Romney used their hands when they talked.

2: Eye contact - Romney was very good at using eye contact especially when he was speaking directly to Obama.

3: Confidence - I could tell that Romney was very confident as he was speaking. He seemed to be very comfortable and clear with his arguments.

4: Alliteration - "clean coal"

5: Repetition - "no tax cut that adds to the "deficit" "no tax cut that adds to the deficit"

6: Analogy - Romney talks about his five boys and relates and compares that to his argument.

7: Tone and Voice - I noticed that Romney would raise his voice when he was very passionate about something or when he really wanted to stress that specific argument. This made certain things stand out more so than others.

9: Statistics - Both Romney and Obama used a lot of statistics when giving evidence for their argument.

10: Epistrophe - "spending more, taxing more, regulating more"