Chapter 2 Writing a Rhetorical Analysis

This chapter is about developing and refining students’ critical thinking, reading, writing, and analysis skills as they explore and critique the ideas of others through rhetorical analysis. The content and related exercises will deepen students’ knowledge of rhetoric and how to use it to support their own arguments.

(This chapter is adapted, in part, from Claim Your Voice in First Year Composition, Vol.2 by Cynthia Kiefer and Serene Rock.)