In The Combat Zone By Leslie Marmon Silko

In The Combat Zone By Leslie Marmon Silko

In class, we have explained key terms and concepts related to rhetorical analysis. We have also considered how these terms and concepts might be applied to argumentative work. In this paper, you will continue this sort of practice by identifying different rhetorical elements of a given piece of writing. You may ask yourself some of the following questions: 1. Does the author’s ethos play a role in this writing? Logos? Pathos? 2. Does the author effectively employ the aforementioned rhetorical strategies? 3. What is the rhetorical situation of the piece? 4. What seems to be the intended purpose of the piece? The intended audience? The intended outcome? What does the writer want his/her/their reader to feel and/or do after reading? In addition to being well written and organized, the most successful responses to this assignment will do the following (not necessarily in this order): 1. Describe the rhetorical situation (purpose, audience, author) surrounding the text under analysis and accurately summarize the argument of the text. 2. Include a clear and precise thesis statement (an analytical claim with reasons about how the text works). 3. Explain and analyze how the author builds their argument and presents their argument. 4. Explain and analyze how the author connects with (or fails to connect with) the audience.