Prompt: Today, you learned how to complete a rhetorical analysis planning guide step by step, from identifying the rhetorical situation to analyzing devices and effects. Reflect on one step of the rhetorical analysis process that helped you understand the process more clearly. Explain what you learned during that step and how it improved your ability to analyze a speaker’s message.

 Prompt: Today, you learned how to complete a rhetorical analysis planning guide step by step, from identifying the rhetorical situation to analyzing devices and effects. Reflect on one step of the rhetorical analysis process that helped you understand the process more clearly. Explain what you learned during that step and how it improved your ability to analyze a speaker’s message.

One step of the rhethorical anlysis process is the first reading of the text because as I read it I get a feeling for it and I start to understand where and what the rhethorical devices are and what to use them for.

Today in class, we did the 2nd part of the prep work for our rhetorical analysis essay.

Today I understod how to find parts of rhethoric and which ones I prioritize for my essay.