Overview Now that we’ve gone more in depth with the genre of film reviews, it is time to perform a rhetorical analysis on one two remaining film reviews from the readings in week 5. For this next assignment, you will pick one of the two remaining reviews and analyze it.
Purpose This assignment is mainly a rhetorical exercise to get your thinking about an author’s claims and ideas. It will also help you develop the ability to recognize these same decisions and strategies in your own writing.
Genre An academic paper.
Audience Since this is an academic paper, your audience is a scholarly audience.
Requirements:
You will analyze the following elements of your selected film review:
The author’s main claim and purpose
The rhetorical situation
Three rhetorical strategies that the author uses and whether or not they’re effective according to the rhetorical situation.
At the end of your paper, conclude by explaining why the film review works or why it doesn’t, and how you would improve upon it.
A strong analysis will:
Demonstrate a close reading of the chosen text.
Analyze rather than summary the author’s argument and rhetorical tools.
Use specific quotes from the text and integrate them naturally and strategically to support your analysis Format:
Introduction/Summary
Provide a brief summary of the review and argument presented including the author’s claim and purpose.
Describe the rhetorical situation
Rhetorical strategies
Three rhetorical strategies that the author uses
Whether or not they’re effective according to the rhetorical situation
Conclusion
Is the argument impactful?
How would you improve on it?
Paper Length: 2-3 double spaced pages with MLA in-text citations and a Works Cited pagehttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aquaman-2018
