{"id":22193,"date":"2023-06-17T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/rhetorical-analysis-on-a-film-documentary-of-your-choice-cannot-have-your-opinion-in-it-only-the-audiences-view-feelings-questions-sounds-connections-etc-cannot-use-first-person\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T19:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T19:26:12","slug":"rhetorical-analysis-on-a-film-documentary-of-your-choice-cannot-have-your-opinion-in-it-only-the-audiences-view-feelings-questions-sounds-connections-etc-cannot-use-first-person","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/rhetorical-analysis-on-a-film-documentary-of-your-choice-cannot-have-your-opinion-in-it-only-the-audiences-view-feelings-questions-sounds-connections-etc-cannot-use-first-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhetorical analysis on a film (documentary) of your choice. Cannot have your opinion in it. Only the audiences view feelings, questions sounds connections etc. Cannot use first person."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">WHAT IS IN A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS PAPER?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">A rhetorical (critical) analysis is an essay that&nbsp;<strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">evaluates<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>another piece of writing, speech, film, etc.&nbsp;<\/span>When you evaluate, you are analyzing how well the components of an argument work together to persuade or move and audience.&nbsp;H<i style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">ow well&nbsp;<\/i>or&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">how poorly did&nbsp;<\/i>the writer\/speaker communicate his\/her point(s)?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Think about the<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">rhetorical triangle<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">What is the purpose of the argument?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Who is making the argument &#8211; not just the creator, but also sources used?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Identify the intended audience and critically think about how the argument is appealing to this audience.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">What rhetorical appeals were used to appeal to the audience?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Assess the&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">strengths and\/or the weaknesses (fallacies)<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>of the appeals<em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You should&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">NOT<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;see yourself as part of the audience.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">DO NOT<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>talk about the topic itself and your opinion about it!<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You should stand apart as an observer analyzing what the author\/speaker is doing in order to affect the minds of the audience.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You should NOT be using first person in any part of this paper. You are an objective observer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">THE PAPER TOPIC&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You will be analyzing the rhetorical devices used in a documentary.<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You get to pick the documentary of your choice!<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">It must be a<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">full length documentary<\/em><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(usually they run close to an hour or two in length),<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">NOT an episode of a show, mini-series, etc<\/span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Here is a website that defines a<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">documentary<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>really well. If you don&#8217;t have a documentary in mind, you can do a Google search for recent, great, or popular documentaries. Some may be available through Netflix, Hulu, or even<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">YouTube<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">PAPER ORGANIZATION<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<tbody style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<td style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Introduction<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">State the name of the film that you\u2019re analyzing and give a little bit of information concerning what it was about.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Inform your readers of the rhetorical situation:\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Who created the documentary, who starred in it, etc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Identify purpose &#8211; what is the intended outcome of this documentary? Usually it&#8217;s a change in behavior from the intended audience.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Who is the intended audience?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">The<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">THESIS<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">(your claim)<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">This is a<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">one sentence<\/strong><\/em>statement where you claim whether<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;or not the documentary successful with the use of its rhetorical appeals to reach the purpose?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<td style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Body Paragraphs<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">The body paragraphs are where you go into detail with analysis and prove your claim.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You should be following the progression of the documentary.<\/strong><\/em>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Start from the beginning and work your way through the changing rhetorical appeals used.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">The last paragraph of your paper should be the final rhetorical appeal used.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">DO NOT<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>organize your paper based on rhetorical strategies!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">The subject of the documentary, what the people used in it are feeling, what your opinions are on the subject of the documentary are irrelevant.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">The paper should be focused on the audience and how they are being affected by the rhetorical devices being used to persuade them.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">If you are analyzing pathos, you should be analyzing the emotional impact the pathos appeal is having on the audience and why they are reacting the way they are based on the ethics, morals, and perspective of the intended audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">If you are analyzing ethos, your focus should be on<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">why<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the intended audience would trust the director, producer, or people presenting.<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">If you are analyzing logos, you should be justifying why the logic used (numbers, statistics, testimonies, etc.) make sense to the intended audience.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">You must use information from the film as support for your claim.\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Put this information in quotes and properly cite it. You have a work cited page (the documentary is your only source), so you should have in-text citations where necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<td style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Conclusion<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Simply end the paper by analyzing the writer&#8217;s final rhetorical appeal.<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Analyze how the argument comes to a conclusion.<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>What does the writer\/speaker leave his\/her audience hanging with?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">PAPER REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">This paper should be 3-5 pages, MLA formatted, and free of errors.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Only use third person in your paper.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Make sure you do the self-review, peer review, utilize the embedded online tutor, Grammarly, and\/or make an appointment with me to do an instructor review through ZOOM because the final draft does not have re-submissions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">There should be a<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">works cited page<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">in-text citations<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>from the source(s) listed on the works cited page. In the case of this paper, there is only ONE source &#8211; the documentary.\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">If you do not have in-text citations, your paper will be considered plagiarized.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Look at<span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Purdue OWL<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for the differences in formatting expectations for the documentary.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS IN A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS PAPER? A rhetorical (critical) analysis is an essay that&nbsp;evaluates&nbsp;another piece of writing, speech, film, etc.&nbsp;When you evaluate, you are analyzing how well the components of an argument work together to persuade or move and audience.&nbsp;How well&nbsp;or&nbsp;how poorly did&nbsp;the writer\/speaker communicate his\/her point(s)? Think about the&nbsp;rhetorical triangle: What is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[706],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=22193"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=22193"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=22193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}