Rhetorical Analysis Outline Template Prompt: How does the speaker use rhetorical devices to advance his rhetorical purpose? Speaker: Occasion: Audience: Subject: Purpose/mode (identify and define): Tone of speaker (write paraphrases of text evidence from the speech for each letter in the acronym below to determine tone): Diction: Imagery/Figurative Language Facts: Tone word(s): I. Thesis Statement: (should identify speaker, audience, speaker’s tone, and speaker’s purpose—DO NOT NAME THE DEVICES YOU WILL ANALYZE, JUST MENTION THAT DEVICES ARE USED). Use the following template: In his/her (tone adjectives) (form/title of communication), _(the writer/speaker with appositive describing him/her)__(strong verb) rhetorical devices in order to _(rhetorical mode verb and intended audience)__ _(writer/speaker’s rhetorical purpose)_. Ex: In his belittling and wrathful speech, Cassius, a senator of Rome, employs rhetorical devices in order to persuade Brutus, fellow senator and friend of Caesar, that Caesar needs to be deposed from his position as sole ruler of Rome. II. Body Paragraph 1 Focus (List appeals, but do describe focus of the paragraph— aka, the rhetorical purpose FOR THAT SECTION OF THE SPEECH that the appeals will be advancing): ___________________________________________________ Detail (Write appeal and Act, scene, line #s): ______________________________ Elaboration: context and placement Commentary: how the device creates meaning and how that meaning connects to purpose. (MC and CRP) Transition: don’t fill in D (Write appeal and Act, scene, line #s)::_____________________ E: context and placement C: MC and CRP Transition: D (Write appeal and Act, scene, line #s)::________________________________ E: context and placement C: MC and CRP (Remember, you will fill out the second body paragraph of the outline in more detail since you won’t be including it in the essay. See the model) B.P. 2 Focus: (List appeals, but do describe focus of the paragraph— aka, the rhetorical purpose FOR THAT SECTION OF THE SPEECH that the appeals will be advancing): ___________________________________________________ Detail (write quote fragments and Act, scene, line #s): E: Write out what the context and placement for the D is: C: Write out how the device creates meaning and how that meaning connects to purpose: Transition: D: (write quote fragments and Act, scene, line #s): E: Write out what the context and placement for the D is: C: Write out how the device creates meaning and how that meaning connects to purpose: Transition: D: (write quote fragments and Act, scene, line #s): E: Write out what the context and placement for the D is: C: Write out how the device creates meaning and how that meaning connects to purpose: