Through the completion of the multiple journal entries, it is evident that while every writer is different and produces writing for a different purpose, there is the common end goal of addressing the audience and leaving them with something valuable. As readers and learners, we had to look a little deeper and identify those aspects of rhetoric we had been learning about and consider what effect they had on the reading, the writer, etc.

The Rhetorical Situation 

The purpose of this journal was to begin to consider the rhetorical elements of my chosen Rhetorical Analysis piece, “The Myths About Bullying: Secretary Arne Duncan’s Remarks at the Bullying Prevention Summit.” I chose to do this through a variety of highlighting, underlining, and quick notes directly on the printed document. By doing so, I was able to have a clear picture of what materials I was working with for the producing of the Rhetorical Analysis and how each part played an individual role. *Due to the size of the document, only the first three pages are shown below. To see the full document, please see the google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ybbulkQ32PcbN_xEGBzPic5mkpj3-1V9V-cvY4LY3k/edit?usp=sharing

“Rhetoric of Hitler’s Battle”

Identifying the Appeals and Fallacies

Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”