Monday, February 16th, 2009

I. Reflect on you own post secret card. What were you trying to accomplish by the card? What kind of reaction did you hope to evoke from your audience? How did you manipulate the objects, text and color? Were you completely satisfied with the end result? What constrained you?
II. Feedback on RA#1 (see previous post)
III. Analysis of sample Rhetorical Analyses of Visual Text.
Read each essay, noting the following:

• whether the title prepares the reader for the unfolding argument;
• whether the descriptive detail is sufficient to understand the argument;
• whether the thesis is clearly formulated and matches the overall argument;
• whether the author is using each paragraph to develop one idea;
• whether the conclusion restates the introduction;
• whether the language helps or detracts from the overall effectiveness of the argument.

IV. Write a working draft of your thesis statement for Rhetorical Analysis #2.