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Writing A Rhetorical Writing A Rhetorical PrecisPrecis
Jennifer Romanowski
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Assessing ReadingAssessing Reading
Multiple choice tests
Open ended questions
Summary
Rhetorical Precis
All of these may be an appropriate formative* assessment of reading
* formative = providing information about the extent to which a student has read and understood the text.
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In a rhetorical precis, students write a brief analysis of the content, purpose, and persuasive strategies of a text. (From Reading Rhetorically - Bean, Chappell, and Gillian).
Rhetorical Precis?Rhetorical Precis?
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What is a Rhetorical What is a Rhetorical Précis?Précis?
A rhetorical precis differs from a summary in that it is a less neutral, more analytical condensation of both the content and the method of the original text.
If you think of a summary as primarily a brief representation of what a text says, then you might think of a rhetorical precis as a brief representation of what a text both says and does.
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What does it look like?What does it look like?
Four sentences in which the writer/student identifies the main argument
How the author develops the main claims (structures and patterns of organization)
Author’s purpose
Audience & tone
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Sentence 1: Note the name of the author, the genre and title of the work, and the publication date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb; and a “that clause” containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work.
Sentence 2: An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order.
Sentence 3: A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase.
Sentence 4: A description of the intended audience, the relationship the author establishes with the audience, or both.
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SampleSample
Stereotypes Sample
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How?How?Use charting to identify the main argument and methods of developing & use idea mapping to identify the main claim and sub-claims
Consider audience and purpose. Although this text is seen in many anthologies, it originally appeared in The Progressive, a magazine with a definite political leaning. However, there are also textual clues that provide clues about audience and purpose.
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Helping students...Helping students...The academic voice and syntax of the rhetorical precis is unfamiliar to many students. They Say/I Say can help
Page 148 provides a frame and a word bank to help students get started.
Page 150 provides more words that will help students later on with tone
Page 152 provides a more extensive list of rhetorically active verbs
Page 153 offers an more open frame that will gradually release responsibility to students
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Your TurnYour Turn
Write a rhetorical precis for one of the following texts.
“Joe and Jane Go to College”
“Unsung Heroes”
“Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space.”
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Giving FeedbackGiving Feedback
The materials book offers a scoring guide for giving feedback on a rhetorical précis.
Examine your own RP with respect to the SG and make any changes that you think you should
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Debriefing Writing the Debriefing Writing the RPRP
What did you do? Why did it matter