Analyze a speech (see below) to gain a better understanding of “the rhetorical situation
Expectations
As a foundational assignment, the rhetorical analysis will help you to:
Identify and analyze the rhetorical elements of a piece of communication
Assess the effectiveness of a speaker’s choices, in relation to the rhetorical situation
Build a foundation for future argument writing based on the skills and strategies identified and analyzed in this assignment
Speech: “I Co-Founded Facebook. It’s Time to Break It Up.” NYTimes.com Video Collection, 9 May 2019. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CT585557102/OVIC?u=bal3345&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=6cc2e568. Accessed 1 Sept. 2021.
