Project 2 Outline

Project 2 Outline

A good way for a writer to organize his or her ideas is to start by making an outline of the material he or she will be writing about. Below is my outline for project two. 

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There are a number of things I found helpful from reading the excerpt from Writing Public Lives. The reading gave me a more clear idea of what the rhetorical analysis writing should be about and how it should be written. The introduction section of the reading stated that "Not all rhetorical analyses begin the same way... it is more important to shape your introduction in a way that helps you achieve the goal or purpose of your analysis" (122). This really helped me understand the introduction because it isn't one specific structure that is necessary to follow for the genre. This gave me a variety of ways in which to think about the introduction and in turn made me think more deeply about all the different ways which I can craft my introduction. The introduction section also stated that in order to craft an appropriate these the writer must think about "what do [you] understand about the ways it tries to persuade it's audience?" (122) This also got me thinking about my thesis because I have been in the habit of just resorting back to high school ways with a generic thesis but this gave me insight in how I should think more deeply about it and convince the reader with this sentence or couple of sentences about what the author is doing to convince them of something deeper in the text. In the developing an analytical claim section I feel I learned the most important things to make a claim substantial and sufficient. That being said, having a claim that is both debatable and supportable is important because it allows the author to show thither is acknowledgment of the other side of the idea and also gives evidence to support his or her claim, which is very important to convince the reader. When the book stated "In this sense, your reason explains how your text does what you are saying it does" (123). it becomes clear that in order to back up your claim you need reasons that will convince the audience of the point. The body section of the the text stated that "Body paragraphs in a rhetorical analysis are focused upon a specific aspect of the text that you are analyzing and they serve as evidence to support your reading or analysis of the text" (124). I think this notion is important because it is clear that the author doesn't have to focus on every single rhetorical device but rather the most important that support the original claim made. The conclusion part of the excerpt was probably the most important to me due to the fact that usually by that point in writing I am tired and just go over what I had written earlier on for the assignment. The fact that the conclusion is an opportunity "to think about the implications of [one's] analysis"(125) gave me insight on how the conclusion is so much more than just a summary of the previous writing. The conclusion is an opportunity to basically say why this matters and why the text is "persuasive or not" (125).

Outline: 

• Introduction:
• Begin with a clear grabber sentence that will make the reader want to continue reading the rest of my writing
• The name of the article, name of the author and the logistics of the article I am analyzing will also be specified in this paragraph
• Thesis will come at the end of this paragraph (most likely) 
• Either one of the drafted theses or a new one that is reworked but with same ideas 
• Body Paragraphs:
• Message and purpose of the text (Rhetorical Situation)
• Layers of message and purpose to convince reader 
• Analytical Claim: The author intentionally creates varying levels of meaning within the text in order to appear to be just writing an informational text while meanwhile encouraging the belief that genetic engineering should be legal.
• Support: Delve into fact that the author puts more emphasis on the con side of having a ban on genetic engineering as well as the fact she gives many more facts about how genetic engineering could be helpful to the entire population with individual beliefs inserted intermittently. 
• Recognition of use of logos and some pathos (Rhetorical Strategies) 
• Develop focus utilizing the author's use of logos and pathos 
• Analytical Claim: Parry's implementation of vast amounts of logos and pathos display her intention to help the readers understand the topic at hand and realize why genetic engineering could help advance society. 
• Support: Direct quotes from the text that display the references to credible sources which builds up the credibility of the author. Additionally, direct quotes from the use of logos throughout the writing, including interviews, expert opinions and organization throughout the text. 
• Conclusion:
• Convince readers why the above tactics influence the reader to be more of a proponent of genetic engineering 
• How persuasive the text is and what it makes the reader think 
• NO added analysis, NO summary of body, just recognition of what the implications of the tactics are 

Reflection: 

I read both Stef's  and Grace's project two outlines. Stef went extremely in depth with hers which I think will be helpful when actually writing. Based off of her outline I think I might need to work on ensuring that I have a through understand of my topics and how they relate to rhetorical situation as well as rhetorical strategies. Although in depth I also think Stef could still use some more support for her claims in her writing. Grace's outline was also through and visually appealing. I think she had many great points but it will be important for her to make sure that she doesn't over analyze too many points to ensure that she has sufficient evidence to back up all the claims she is making.