Week 6: Rhetorical Analysis

Homework:

No readings this week.  You should be focusing on analyzing your selected speech for Essay 2.

FOR CLASS WEDNESDAY:  Select your speech for Essay 2.  Review it and take extensive notes.  Bring those notes to class on Wednesday, as we will be working with them.

Resources:

You may use any of the speeches with videos from the following two sites for Essay 2.  Please do not use the text only speeches (though you may review the text of your chosen speech to help you review it more closely).

http://www.politico.com/p/pages/dnc-2012-speeches/
http://www.politico.com/p/pages/rnc-2012-speeches/

Discussion Questions:

• Provide a direct link to your selected speech.  Post your outline for Essay 2 for peer feedback.
• Provide a direct link to your selected speech.  Post your first body paragraph for Essay 2 for peer feedback.

Assignment:

Essay 2, due Friday, October 5th at 11:59 pm.  The assignment sheet is posted to the Lessons page of Angel.