Student Choice Rhetorical Situation
Learning Objective: SWBAT demonstrate an understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs and identify and write a thesis statement.

Direction: 1. Select a nonfiction text to analyze (article, essay, etc.). 2. Complete rhetorical situation analysis. 3. Answer questions.

Text Title:

Exigence:

Purpose:

Audience:

Context:

Writer:

Message:

1. How does the writer tailor the evidence, organization, and language of their argument in consideration of both the context of the rhetorical situation and the intended audience’s perspectives on the subject and the audience’s needs?

2. What kind of evidence (e. g., facts, anecdotes, analogies, statistics, examples, details, illustrations, expert opinions, personal observations, personal experiences, testimony, or experiments) does the writer use to defend their claim? Is his argument effective? Why?

4. How and why might he have considered, explained, and integrated others’ arguments into his argument?

5. How does the writer’s thesis reflect their position and perspective on the subject?

6. Based on the author’s thesis, write your own thesis statement defending, qualifying, or challenging his position.