Four-Sentence Rhetorical Précis Format and Frame



RHETORICAL PRECIS FRAME:

1. _______________________________, in his/her __________________, _________________________

(author’s first and last name) (A) (Title)

________________________ that __________________________________________________________________________.

(B)

2. He/she supports this ___________________________ by first _________________________________________________

(B) (C)

____________________, then ______________________________________________________________________________

__________________, and finally ____________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. ________________________’s purpose is to ________________________________________________________________

(author’s last name) (D)

____________________________________________________________ in order to / so that ___________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________.

(what the author wants the audience to do after reading the text)

4. He/she adopts a(n) _________________________ tone for ____________________________________________________. (intended audience)

Some Tone Word Choices

|Positive |Negative |Neutral |

|Admiring |Frustrated |Informal |

|Approving |Anxious |Formal |

|Calm |Biting |Impartial |

|Cheerful |Bitter |Didactic |

|Comical |Conceited |Factual |

|Lively |Discouraged |Matter-of-fact |

|Encouraging |Mocking |Academic |

|Humorous |Doubtful |Objective |

|Earnest |Melancholic |Indifferent |

|Elated |Disgusted |Unbiased |

|Grateful |Insulting |Neutral |

|A |B RHETORICALLY ACCURATE |C |D |E |

| |VERBS | | | |

|article, book review, essay,|argues, argument, asserts, |comparing, contrasting, |show |SEE TONE CHART |

|column, editorial |assertion, |telling, explaining, |point out suggest inform | |

| |suggests, suggestion, |illustrating, showing |persuade | |

| |claims, questions, explains,|demonstrating, defining, |convince | |

| |explanation |discussing describing, | | |

| |implies, implication |listing | | |

| | |looking, | | |

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