Rhetorical Analysis

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This is the writing assignment, and please give me the link of these articles as well, thx

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Look at reputable newspapers like The New York Times, LA Times, The Washington Post or related online publications like Slate, or websites with a strong editorial presence like Catapult or The Rumpus. Avoid websites or publications with low barriers to entry (i.e. no Huffington Post or Medium). Make sure you’re looking for articles that can stand up to substantial close-reading, with a named author easily identifiable by their byline.

Find 3 articles about ableism you could potentially respond to, write a one-paragraph summary of each one. Assess its exigency, audience, and limitations*

What is the writer responding to?

Who are they writing for?

What are the constraints of their form?

What key concepts from Longmore or Jarman can you see them using, or struggling to use.

Can you identify ableism in their rhetoric?

(If you need more help identifying/conceiving of ableism: https://www.bustle.com/p/your-thinking-is-probably…)


Here is the Class note please check it while you write the analysis.

Rhetorical Analysis

  • All media has rhetoric
    • Media: television, radio, social media, advertisements, news, video
  • Four things media tries to get you to do through rhetoric
    • Buy something
    • Act some kind of way
    • Feel/ believe some kind of way
    • Interact with others in a specific way
  • These messages can be
    • Processed
    • Analyzed
    • Ignored
    • Created
  • The things you look at when you do rhetorical analysis
    • Exigence: What it is responding to (NYTimes article: our preexisting ideals of marriage)
    • Audience: (NYTimes article: primary audience is nondisabled people, secondary audience is disabled people)
    • Constraints: Limits, beliefs, attitudes, traditions, motives
  • Another way of thinking about rhetorical analysis
    • Subject
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • (Occasion in the middle of the triangle)
  • 3rd way of thinking about rhetorical analysis
    • Writer (new!)
    • Reader
    • Purpose