The document is a reflective response assignment asking students to consider struggles with the previous assignment, how they applied rhetorical principles, and how rhetorical considerations shaped their research. Students are asked to write a 500-700 word response essay addressing these three questions. They also must submit their work on the class Blackboard site and their personal blog.

1. Assignment #11 due Monday 4/10 and Tuesday 4/11
For this assignment, write a 500-700 word reflective response in
which you consider the following:
1) What particular struggles did you experience in producing
assignment #10?
2) In what ways did you work to enact the rhetorical principles
that we’ve discussed? In other words, how did you attend to the
demands of rhetoric with the choices that you made in your
writing? In what ways did your consideration of the rhetorical
situation, ethos, logos, pathos and Kairos shape your writing?
3) How was your use of research affected be rhetorical
considerations?
Please write this response as a response essay, not just a series
of answers to the above questions.
Please submit your work both on blackboard and on your blog.
Primary source analysis
1
Primary Source Analysis.

2. [footnoteRef:1]This study will analyze the article ‘Sources of
Chinese Tradition’ which was compiled by three authors,
Burton Watson, Theodore de Bary and Wing-tsit Chan. The
source is from Chinese literature and the study will mainly be
aimed at finding a connection between the micro source and the
macro source. The micro source will detail the source as an
individual case whereas the macro will analyze the source as a
large historical development. This will enable the reader to
augment their understanding on the time and place where the
source was written and further elucidate their understanding on
both conventional and contemporary history. The question that
will be posed by this study is; ‘how was the ancient Chinese
administration structured and how did this influence the future
Chinese administration structure?” (on the first part here, talk
about the source more than just talking about the publisher of
the book. It would be in the first paragraph of the source, who
wrote the source (Announcement of the Duke of Shao) and why?
when it was written and what is the purpose of it? Also talk a
little bit about the Zhou dynasty and how it is related? Do some
research outside the source use google or what so ever. To get
an idea about some questions above here are some answers: we
don’t know who wrote it, it was from somebody to his boss. The
purpose of it was to report the building of the capital city. Use
those answers but also go in details. Also remove the historical
question to the paragraph when you talk about what happened
and after you collect all the information, then ask the question.)
This was the biggest problem in the paper, to write more about
the source itself. [1: Wendy Conklin, “Analyzing and writing
with primary sources,” (New York, NY: Teacher Created
Materials, 2015).
]

3. The source as an individual case is mainly based on the
introduction to oriental civilizations, a book that has been
edited by Theodore de Bary and details the sources of Chinese
tradition. Other authors who have contributed in the research
include Wing-Tsit Chan and Burton Watson. The article was
published by the Columbia University Press. The micro analysis
reveals that the article was mainly aimed at announcing to the
duke of Shao. (write more about the historical background and
what happened or what is happening in this source. What is
going on with the building of the city? and some background in
general. Also where did you find those information in the
reading? Identify where you found your statement from the
reading it self, which is the attachment of the Announcement of
the Duke of Shao)
The article is mainly based on the Confucius states, which
include King Ch’eng who was in Feng and with the aim of
fixing the residence at Lo (Conklin, 2015). The duke was sent to
Shao in preparation for the survey of the local area. An
announcement was made to the Duke of Shao. King ch’eng was
the third king in the dynasty of Chou and was young at the time.
The main advisors then were the duke of Chou and the duke of
Shao. King Ch’eng was actually the second to serve at the reign
and it is during his time that the city of Lo was mixed with the
capital of the Chou State. The micro analysis details the
tradition of the Chinese in the antiquity involving how the duke
of Shao was announced.[footnoteRef:2] [2: 2 Katy Schiel,
“Monarchy: A primary source analysis.” (New York, NY: The
Rosen Publishing Group, 2003).
]
The macro analysis on the other hand reveals a larger historical
development which involves the larger history of the Chinese
state. In addition, it also reveals how the Chinese monarchy was
developed and how it was structured. Furthermore, it revealed
how the kings who are also known as the dukes were chosen and

4. how the ceremonies took place in the Ancient China. (Where is
this happening? When is it happening? You need to be more
specific here)
The article provides a larger picture of the China society in the
pre-world war years and more so prior to the formulation and
implementation of their current constitution. The article is
therefore just a smaller picture of how China was in the past
and readers can therefore look into this article as guidance into
the Chinese history.
The limits of using the source are that it focuses just on the
dukes and not on the entire structure of the Chinese society and
therefore making it hard for the readers to get a comprehensive
understanding of the historic Chinese society (Schiel, 2003).
The source also failed to outline how the structure of the
historic society was crafted and also how the transition from the
historic period to the modern era was made.
This therefore means that many readers are left with suspense
on how the later Chinese society or governance came into being.
Nonetheless, the article aids in augmenting our understanding
on the ancient Chinese society and further maggnifies aids us to
fathom how the monarchial administration in China was crafted,
all of which was an important information for analysis.
(P.S: the historical question is good, just move it after you talk
about the background and after you gather all the information
that led you to the question.)( use outside materials to help you
find the information you need)
References
Conklin, W. (2015). Analyzing and writing with primary
sources. New York, NY: Teacher Created Materials.
Schiel, K. (2003). Monarchy: A primary source analysis. New
York, NY: The Rosen Publishing Group.