Sunday, October 2, 2011
Blog promp 10/4
Rhetorical analysis is a way of persuading, but also breaking down the argument into parts to interpret how they all fit together. Planned Parenthood purpose is to provide educations on sex and healthcare to all ages. Through a establishment of many collective memories in which the organization was created, it achieves its purpose.
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I agree with your interpretation of what rhetorical analysis is, though an expansion of what is meant by “persuading”, especially in relation to Selzer’s description, could have lent more substance to your definition. I also think the statement “breaking down the argument… fit together” doesn’t explore what information is being “broken down” or what the intention of breaking down the argument is. Perhaps exploring what the parts of the argument are, or thinking about the tactics used to get the author’s desired results would lead to more ideas about rhetorical analysis.
ReplyDeleteYou did state the Planned Parenthood’s purpose, but you didn’t expand on their methods, or what Planned Parenthood does to try to achieve this purpose via their website. You stated that they achieve the purpose through establishing collective memories, but without any context, I am not sure what that means, or how they display to the reader that they have established these memories. With a bit more information, I think you could’ve made an argument as such, but as is, it is hard to understand what your analysis of Planned Parenthood is.
I don't know if I would consider rhetorical analysis a way of persuading. I think it is a way to read closely and look at the methods the author used in trying to persuade us as readers. I do agree however, that it is necessary to look at the different parts of rhetoric and see how they all fit together. It would have been more helpful for your blog entry if you would have given some examples or defined what those parts are.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was good that you started by defining Planned Parenthood's purpose. However, I think further analysis of the techniques that Planned Parenthood used would have been helpful in exploring rhetorical analysis. It's hard to tell how Planned Parenthood achieves it's purpose from "collective memories". It was overall just somewhat vague. I think some concrete examples of effective wording they used or how they formatted the information would give a better picture of how rhetorical analysis relates to Planned Parenthood's website.