To brainstorm different texts for the rhetorical analysis assignment. You should choose an assignment that you received in the last six months, a personal written communication, or a social media post (this wasn’t written in the Rhetorical Situation Assignment, but I’m offering it as an alternative) from your own account of a post you made.To figure out how to start the rhetorical situation assignment.To outline the rhetorical situation for your text (exigence, audience, rhetors, constraints).Intended Audience: Classmates. Instructor. Writing Teachers. Individuals interested in learning more about rhetorical situations. Description:ETA: Reminder: You must choose a text within one of the categories listed in the Rhetorical Situation Assignment. Please read the assignment first before you choose your text for the assignment.Post a screenshot (you can use the insert media button, or you can attach it to your post) of one page of the assignment, written communication, or social media post that you made from your own account) you would like to analyze for this assignment, and then provide a brief summary of the text with detail. The summary should start to identify why the text exists (what was the reason for its creation, what problem was it created to solve, what point was it trying to make, what was its purpose) and who the text is targeting (the audience).The summary should be at least 250 words. Consider it to be preparation for your essay. You’ll be using this summary for your essay before you get into the analysis of your text, so put some effort into this summary and provide as many details about the text as necessary.Within 24 hours: Make sure you come back to this discussion and look over your classmates’ outlines. You must provide insights on at least two of your classmates outlines:Help them outline the rhetorical situation. Make a comment or ask a question about the exigence, audience, rhetor, and/or constraints for the text’s rhetorical situation. Did it make sense to you? Did it leave any questions in your mind? What questions could you ask your classmate that would help them to dig up more details about any aspects of the rhetorical situation?I will grade your assignment once I have approved your topic.To start this activity, consider that rhetoric is everywhere. Here is an example of a sign (although you will not be analyzing images for this paper, it provides an example of a rhetorical situation and how I would start thinking about the different aspects of its rhetorical situation). The street sign in the slide below is a rhetorical text that is part of a rhetorical situation. These types of signs started showing up in the Twin Cities after several incidents of police brutality. These are texts commenting on a rhetorical situation about police violence and human rights. They are intended to be seen by everyone in the city, since everyone in the city could potentially be a victim of police violence and travel public streets and highways. I’m not sure who made this sign, so I would try to locate the rhetor. There are several constraints that impact how, where, and when this sign gets bolted to the pole. It’s illegal to put unauthorized street signs up. This is kind of textual interrogation is how you start working on the rhetorical analysis assignment.
