Examples Of Peer Review Of Rhetorical Analysis

CD3: Peer Review for Aaron M. This was a good speech to pick for a rhetorical analysis because you seem to enjoy the content, which makes it easier to write about, and it has clear elements to analyze (like ethos, pathos, and logos). Your essay discusses both the rhetorical situation and the rhetorical triangle well without going on tangents or including unnecessary information. Your introduction and body paragraphs focus on rhetorical analysis but the conclusion seems to stray. Your conclusion should focus more on if Kennedy’s argument was strong and effective rather than your opinion of the speech. I also suggest including quotes from the speech in your first and third body paragraph to strengthen your claims about ethos and logos. Finally, your essay seems to meet most of the guidelines except that it doesn’t meet 900 words; remember that quotes aren’t included in the word count.
Your essay has good organization with ethos, pathos, and logos each having their own paragraph. Each of your body paragraphs stay focused except your last body paragraph is unclear. What rhetorical devices were you referring to? The introduction does introduce the author and writing, but there is no rhetorical analysis claim or thesis. This affects your conclusion as well because there is no thesis to connect the introduction to the conclusion. I used this article from Purdue OWL to help me write my introduction and conclusion: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/725/03/. I would also suggest moving your analysis of the rhetorical situation from your introduction into your first body paragraph so that you have more room in your introduction for the rhetorical claim and