Thursday, June 30, 2011

Rhetorical Analysis Piece

Part 1:
The piece I want to analyze is called "Organs For Sale", by Sally Satel, pages 447-454.

Part 2:
Textual:
1. Points out that she had made a speech...(genre)
2. Establishes Jordan's ethos by credibility and logos by stating her logic to use evidence against the president...(appeal)
3.Understands that the main claim Jordan wants is to impeach President Nixon beccause his actions go against the Constitution...(main claim)
Contextual:
1. Jordan uses her speech to argue that the president should be impeached in order to protect the Constitution...(author's purpose for writing the argument).
2.Her audience consisted of 34 members of the House Judiciary Committee...(who the audience is)
3.July of 1974, responding to the Watergate Scandal and Richard Nixon's pending impeachment...(when the arguement appeared and what her arguement responds to)

Textual: Formal style in the form of a speech
Contextual: Tries to invoke anger and a feeling of being decieved by the government or those of higher authority

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