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Rhetorical Analysis Paper Outline

Introduction

FIRST FEW SENTENCES OF INTRODUCTION:

-Explain BRIEFLY what rhetoric is, and how it can be used or abused.

-Introduce Crucible (title, author) and your character’s role in it (what is his or her objective?)

-Introduce analogous political figure (who is he or she, and what does he or she want?)

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NEXT 2-3 SENTENCES - PREMISE:

-On what common appeals and/or fallacies do these individuals rely?

-Do they attempt to honestly inform or to self-interestedly manipulate their audiences?

-How do their audiences receive their rhetoric (positively or negatively)?

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LAST SENTENCE - THESIS (answers all questions in one sentence):

-Would you hope for the success of such a rhetorician?

- Why or why not? Specifically, what positive or negative quality of the American public would his/her success reveal?

First Body Paragraph

1st SENTENCE - TOPIC SENTENCE:

-What is one persuasive appeal on which both figures rely?

NEXT FEW SENTENCES

-In your own words, introduce a quote that shows the Crucible character using this appeal.

Your words of introduction blend into the “quote like this” (15).

-Explain how or why the character’s use of this appeal is or is not EFFECTIVE (think about other characters’ reactions, what the character wants, etc).

NEXT FEW SENTENCES (same paragraph)

- In your own words, introduce a quote that shows the politician using this appeal.

Your words of introduction blend into the “quote like this” (1).

-Explain how or why the politicians’s use of this appeal is or is not EFFECTIVE (think about other people’s reactions, what he or she wants, etc).

CONCLUDING SENTENCE

-Are these individuals’ uses of the appeal effective? In general, why or why not?

Second Body Paragraph

1st SENTENCE - TOPIC SENTENCE:

-What is another persuasive appeal on which both figures rely? OR, do the figures rely on any logical fallacies (just say “logical fallacies,” in general).

NEXT FEW SENTENCES

-In your own words, introduce a quote that shows the Crucible character using this appeal or a fallacy (and state which fallacy this is.

Your words of introduction blend into the “quote like this” (15).

-Explain how or why the character’s use of this appeal or fallacy is or is not EFFECTIVE (think about other characters’ reactions, what the character wants, etc).

NEXT FEW SENTENCES (same paragraph)

- In your own words, introduce a quote that shows the politician using this appeal or a fallacy (state what the fallacy is).

Your words of introduction blend into the “quote like this” (1).

-Explain how or why the politicians’s use of this appeal or fallacy is or is not EFFECTIVE (think about other people’s reactions, what he or she wants, etc).

CONCLUDING SENTENCE

-Are these individuals’ uses of the appeal or fallacy effective? In general, why or why not?

Conclusion

OPENING SENTENCES –PREMISE:

-What is similar about the Crucible character and politician’s objectives?

-What persuasive appeals and/or logical fallacies do they use to attain these objectives?

-How do others receive their rhetoric?

2nd to LAST SENTENCE - THESIS:

-Why would or would not you hope for the success of such rhetoricians?

Specifically, what positive or negative quality of the American public would his/her success reveal?

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