What Is It?

Assuming that text itself can be any form of media or any form of writing that creates an argument, a rhetorical analysis of that text is necessary. A rhetorical analysis is basically the breaking down of a body of text, or any form of media, or even an event that occurred to a certain person at any particular place or time. A rhetorical analysis is not something you can just write up really fast, it involved levels upon levels of deep thinking and strategic planning about the topic you are analyzing. The rhetorical analysis process is also a technique to display how the author writes about a certain event, person, place or just any general topic. Every author or writer will use different styles and processes to get their point across. 

Rhetorical Analysis's pick apart and dissect whatever it is they are writing about. They answer the why, who, what, when and where of everything involved in the story they are trying to tell. Rhetorical Analysis’s must include very detailed descriptions of the people and atmosphere involved. It is important for the reader to be able to know and understand where the writer is coming from. Authors will display their ideas and thoughts in a particular way. Readers are supposed to pick up on how the author chose to arrange the text telling about a certain event. 

In the analysis, the author will connect the text to ethos, pathos and logos, the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle. When the author explains the story or event in an emotional manner, he or she is appealing to pathos. Appealing to pathos will have either an angry approach or an expression of love, passion, fear, envy or essentially anything that provokes emotion. The ethos portion of the writing will usually have to do with morality and ethics. If a public figure is mentioned then it is appealing to ethos. When the author uses logic and backs his or her opinion up with statistics and reasoning than they are appealing to logos. Logos uses anything that has logic behind it or can be proven factual by statistics or even monetarily. 

Based upon this conjured up definition of “rhetorical analysis” I plan on making sure mine contains details and information that pertain to each of the three points on the  rhetorical triangle: ethos, pathos and logos. I also plan to take a more clever side to the story so that my argument is more fascinating to read through. I want the readers of my work to think deeply about why I chose to write from such a far-stretched angle or point of view. Since I chose a popular clip from a television show, I think I will be able to develop a strong enough opinion to establish a well written essay. Some parts of the essay will be easier than others but I have enough information and ideal floating around in my head to bring them all together into one, large, thought-out rough draft.