Choose a rhetorical act or artifact that can be analyzed. 1. Return to the second chapter of Foss if you need a refresher on what are good elements in an artifact for analysis.
- Identify and describe the artifact(s) you will be analyzing.
- Reconstruct the context of the artifact. Perhaps you could identify the 3 elements of Bitzer’s rhetorical situation: exigence, audience, and constraints.
- A rationale justifying your topic. Why is this an important site of study?
Potential research questions. What are a few different questions a critic could ask? What might be a good lens of analysis?
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