Rhetoric Reflection

I will focus my paper toward the Analyzing portion of the learning outcomes as it pertains to my Rhetorical Analysis Essay, “Everybody has an Opinion.” I was assigned to choose an article and analyze it exactly how the author explains it to the audience. I could not be bias; I could only judge and explain it off of how the author used rhetorical appeals to describe that specific topic. I choose to focus on this assignment because I never even knew what ethos, pathos, or logos were until I read the rhetorical appeals handout. During this semester, I grew more as a writer than any other unit during my lifespan. It also helped me to analyze the world itself, daily activities, or even basic conversations beyond just the surface of it. Learning
These remarks were both good and bad, both in which helped me understand the concept of an analysis paper. One of the good remarks that stood out was when she commented I had a good point when I wrote, “Throughout her article, she does not cite a list of things as far as during research. However, that does not make her argument weaker. It solely means that by her knowledge of this particular stereotype and by analyzing the movie she does not need many sources to illustrate the point of her argument.” I really appreciated that because when reading over the article and noticing the lack of abundant sources, yet still understanding the argument she was giving made me realize that there are ways to argue a topic without having a lot of back up support. One of the mistakes I had was mentioning an idea but not analyzing it, for example: “She talks about other movies, ads, and commercials in which black women are represented so poorly.” That comment made me recognize the difference between an analysis paper and any other paper. When writing an analysis it is important to elaborate on every example that is given. Whereas with others papers an example can be given and moved on from because the point of that example differs. When analyzing the meaning of the example is what is more important over the example