If you are struggling to understand the rhetorical situation when writing a rhetorical analysis essay or simply would like another method for developing your commentary, this video contains questions that you can ask yourself as you read, annotate, and write as well as some examples of what this might look like in student writing. If you’d like to see how to turn some of these questions into sentence frames or would like other tips for developing commentary in an AP Lang Q2 essay, check out this video here:
https://youtu.be/u4xZ63ty1IA
Want to see these questions all in one place? Here is a link to a view-only doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FvZ0K26Y_l_ouFUnwB0bNl4OiOsBq4fdMkNjT3cVdKQ/edit?usp=sharing
Teachers: looking for ways to help your students analyze the rhetorical situation? Check the resource links below:
Rhetorical Analysis Sentence Frames: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhetorical-Analysis-Sentence-Frames-for-Nonfiction-Texts-5437385
Rhetorical Situation Digital Flipbook: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhetorical-Situation-Digital-Flipbook-for-Rhetorical-Analysis-Essays-5873444
Rhetorical Choices Digital Flipbook:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhetorical-Choices-Flipbook-5876552
Florence Kelley Unit: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Florence-Kelleys-1905-Speech-About-Child-Labor-Rhetorical-Analysis-5182227
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