This document provides instructions for students to analyze magazine covers and contents. It includes the following tasks:
1. Write two point-evidence-explain analyses of provided magazine covers.
2. Complete a similar analysis of a self-selected magazine cover, referencing terminology from prior lessons, aiming for at least one page.
3. An optional extension asks students to analyze representation of gender on a cover and throughout the magazine.
Grading criteria and expectations are outlined for different levels of analysis. Students are asked to self-assess and reflect on their work. Homework due Wednesday is another magazine cover analysis.
The 7 Steps of the Writing Process by Monica Fox, M.A.Monicali25
In order to write a good college essay, it is imporant for the writing to follow a process. Writing, like cooking from scratch, requires a number of steps. Those steps will look for each writer. For beginning college writers, it is very important to understand the writing process, thesis statement, and the revision and editing steps. The following PowerPoint explains the seven steps: Understanding the Assignment, Generating Ideas during Pre-Writing, Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing and Proofreading, and Preparing a Final Draft. The PowerPoint also provides some good examples of what a thesis statement and outline look like.
The 7 Steps of the Writing Process by Monica Fox, M.A.Monicali25
In order to write a good college essay, it is imporant for the writing to follow a process. Writing, like cooking from scratch, requires a number of steps. Those steps will look for each writer. For beginning college writers, it is very important to understand the writing process, thesis statement, and the revision and editing steps. The following PowerPoint explains the seven steps: Understanding the Assignment, Generating Ideas during Pre-Writing, Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing and Proofreading, and Preparing a Final Draft. The PowerPoint also provides some good examples of what a thesis statement and outline look like.
This set of slides deals with the common question that budding researchers or students have regarding how to write in a scientific journal. It briefly showcases the importance of planning and productivity to become better in the writing process.
This slideshare gives a demonstration of the writing process that students can use in the college classroom. This is a simple three step process that involves: planning, drafting and revising. Developing as an academic writer does not have to be a difficult task. Follow the three steps, and you will be on your way to improving or enhancing your writing skills.
This set of slides deals with the common question that budding researchers or students have regarding how to write in a scientific journal. It briefly showcases the importance of planning and productivity to become better in the writing process.
This slideshare gives a demonstration of the writing process that students can use in the college classroom. This is a simple three step process that involves: planning, drafting and revising. Developing as an academic writer does not have to be a difficult task. Follow the three steps, and you will be on your way to improving or enhancing your writing skills.
University of Arkansas 1 #32) Rhetorical Analysi.docxdickonsondorris
University of Arkansas 1
#32) Rhetorical Analysis
A rhetorical analysis assignment usually asks you to read two articles and write a paper that accomplishes
three things: 1) identifies the ideas each author is trying to communicate; 2) analyzes the techniques each
author uses to accomplish his or her purpose; and 3) compares and contrasts the authors’ approaches. The
assignment is based on the premise that all writing is aimed at a specific audience for a specific purpose. This
handout provides suggestions to assist you in the process.
Topic Selection and Research
Students are typically asked to select a topic and two articles that address that topic. Select a topic related to
your area of study or that you find especially interesting and brainstorm related issues. Take care not to make
your topic too broad, and then follow these steps:
Search the library databases to find a good selection of articles on your topic. Don’t waste time! Ask for
help if your searches yield no results. The research librarians provide valuable assistance.
It will be to your advantage if the articles you select come from sources with distinctly different
readerships (e.g., Forbes and The Nation; Audubon and The Washington Times).
Ideally, the writers of both articles should make clear, assertive arguments. Research reports, clinical
studies, or other informative writing will likely be less useful to you than more persuasive writing, as
the authors of the former tend to utilize fewer obvious rhetorical devices.
Avoid shorter articles, as they offer little for analysis.
Determining Each Author’s Purpose
Once you have selected your two articles, you are ready to begin your pre-writing activities. The
following suggestions should help you begin.
Audience analysis: For each article, examine the entire print or electronic publication. By scanning the other
articles, editor’s page, graphics, and ads, you will be able to make an informed judgment regarding the
demographics, values, and personal and political interests of the audience. Determining the overall aim of the
publication should help you consider what the article itself may be intended to accomplish.
Read with rhetorical awareness: First, read each article all the way through without making notes or
annotations. Ask yourself about the writer’s intentions, and how the writer’s choices affect you as a reader.
Often you can determine the rhetorical purpose of an author by gauging your intellectual and emotional
reactions to the presentation. If you are angry or upset, for example, the author has achieved an effect through
the use of particular rhetorical devices.
Identify the rhetorical tactics: Next, read the texts closely and make annotations with the aim of highlighting
examples of the authors’ rhetorical strategies. The University of British Columbia’s website has a useful list of
critical reading questions for a rhetorical a ...
Programming
Project
2
30
points
Submission
Instructions
Open
Eclipse
and
create
a
Java
Project
called
Project2.
Add
a
class
named
RectangleIntersection
to
this
project.
At
the
top
of
your
file,
enter
a
comment
with
your
name,
the
assignment
number,
the
date,
and
a
short
description
of
what
the
program
does.
When
you
are
finished,
export
your
project
from
Eclipse
and
upload
it
to
Canvas
before
the
due
date.
To
do
this,
right
click
on
the
project
name
and
select
Export.
Select
General-‐>Archive
File
and
click
Next.
Select
the
project
you
wish
to
export
(Project2
in
this
case)
and
click
Browse
to
browse
to
a
location
to
save
your
file.
Name
this
file
YourLastNameYourFirstNameProject2.
Upload
this
file
to
Canvas.
Remember
that
late
assignments
are
not
accepted
in
this
course.
Assignment
In
this
project
we
are
going
to
solve
a
geometric
problem.
Geometric
problems
are
important
for
many
applications
including
data
visualization,
geographic
information
systems,
integrated
circuits,
computer
graphics,
and
video
games.
If
boxes
are
"axis-‐aligned,"
meaning
the
edges
are
parallel
to
the
x-‐
and
y-‐axes,
we
can
actually
figure
out
whether
or
not
they
intersect
with
some
very
simple
tests.
Write
a
program
that
prompts
the
user
to
enter
the
center
coordinates,
widths
and
heights
of
two
rectangles.
Your
program
should
draw
the
two
rectangles
to
the
screen.
If
the
rectangles
do
not
intersect,
they
should
be
colored
green.
If
they
do
overlap,
they
should
be
colored
red.
How
can
we
tell
if
the
two
rectangles
overlap?
There
is
a
simple
and
elegant
solution.
It
focuses
on
when
we
are
sure
that
there
is
no
overlap.
For
example,
what
can
we
say
about
the
right
edge
of
box
1
and
the
left
edge
of
box
2?
What
can
we
say
about
the
edges
now?
There
are
four
conditions
that
guarantee
that
we
have
no
overlap
(two
for
the
left
and
right
edges,
two
for
the
top
and
bottom
edges).
If
any.
1. Straight to your seating plan on the computer. Open up a word document
and complete the starter.
Magazine analysis lesson 1A
L.O
By the end of the lesson you will have
used an
2. starter
• Task one: Write two PEES about the following
magazine based on how meaning is created.
3. Homework due in- your own analysis of a front cover in the genre of your
choice.
• Task: Looking at the two exemplars written by
TXC- create an analysis on a front cover
yourself. It must be at least a side of A4 and
reference the key technical terms (use the
annotations you did last lesson if you can not
remember them)
4. • A grade: Your analysis uses all the correct terminology
when you are discussing the magazine and how it
creates meaning. You are using the word connotes and
analysing the impact of the reader and why it makes
them want to buy the magazine. You have consider the
idea of representation
• C grade: Your work uses at least 5 key terms and you
are able to discuss some of the meaning that is made
for the audience by these key terms. You will have also
shown the impact on the readers.
• D grade – Your work uses some technical terms but you
may not be clear in your reference of the imapct
created by them. You will have shown some awareness
of the audience and how they might react to the front
cover.
5. See me before you start this
task.
• Extension task-
• Taking one of the magazines within the same
genre, I want you to analyse firstly the
representation of gender given on the front
cover. Then I want you to consider how the
representation is continued throughout the
magazine. This could be through the use of
articles, the content of articles, the use of
language and photos.
6. Plenary
• With the person next to you, share at least one of
your point evidence explain examples with them
and discuss what grade you think you would get.
• Assess on the bottom of your work the grade you
think you got and give a reason why.
• How do you feel about the work you have
achieved today?
7. • Homework:
• A4 analysis of a front cover of your choice
• Due Wednesday