Rhetorical Analysis Paper

Part 1: Analysis Description

I chose the Rhetorical Analysis essay from my English 1 class because it is something I
remember clearly. What we had to do for this paper was pick 5 articles and analyze them
rhetorically. The article I chose was When the Pepper spray wont go away, by the
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. I had to write about what the article was about using context,
logos, pathos, ethos along with what rhetorical choices the author used. The paper had to be 3
pages long double spaced Times New Roman 12 font. It was pretty hard at first but then after
looking at the prompt and the article it was easier to write I was able to write so much after
understanding exactly what we had to do on the essay I had to read the prompt over and over
and the parts to finally understand what to write about.

The exigence of writing the essay was to understand the article more and to understand
what a rhetorical analysis paper is. I needed to write this paper so it can help me in my future
english classes.An Example from Grant-Davie, Keith. Rhetorical Situations and Their
Constituents. He talked about what makes up rhetorical situations and to have an improved
grasp of what rhetoric is. An example from the article In many rhetorical situations, there may
be several rhetors, including groups of people or institutions, and the discourse may address or
encounter several audiences with various purposes for reading. This quote means that there are
different audiences like groups of people or institutions and it involves audiences with various
purposes for reading. This relates to the piece of writing I chose, because it involved different
audiences and it involved rhetorical analysis and the four constituents, in the article he talked
about exigence as well in the rhetorical analysis and the different situations about rhetorical
analysis. From the piece of writing I talked about exigence to describe the article. The context
of the essay was from my English 1 class. What led to this essay was the teacher showed us what
articles we had to write about then we had to pick one. This is what led to writing this paper. The
constraints I faced as a writer was there had to be a certain limit for the paper. It had to be about
one specific article. I had to stay in the framework of the rhetorical situation. When it came to the
audience, it was meant for the instructor. I wanted her to read it and grade it. The writing was
supposed to engage the reader, by explaining how the article worked rhetorically.

Part 2: Description of Writing

The major I have chosen is Social Work. Social Work is work carried out by trained
personnel with the aim of alleviating the conditions of those in need of help or welfare. Writing
in Social Work is to convey ideas, whether its students, other social scientists, or the general
population. Its the way to share knowledge, findings, and/or information. Social Work also uses
writing to display connections between theories, challenge theories, or extend theories. Its the
main role of communication, and the best way to locate new findings and discussions in the field.
Furthermore Social Work uses reading, writing, and researching to explore questions about how
humans interact. Nothing seems to be unimportant, everything in my field is important there are
a lot of requirements to be completed for my field every little piece of information is important.
Also to become a Social Worker a bachelor's degree is required to start your education.
Part 3: Discussion

Writing in Social Work is very difficult and requires a lot of work, Social Workers are used to
the difficult content required for a class such as Social Work 95. This class had a lot of work to
be completed. Students had to volunteer for 30 hours to pass the class along with two papers that
dealt with the volunteering. Yes the writing chosen for part 1 would be a good paper because
the paper chosen deals with information from the field of Social Work even though it was an
assignment for an English class. Another reason is Social Work deals with research, knowledge,
and other important information, an example from the CSUS Handbook Social scientists often
conduct research using quantitative methods (methods that result in numbers and statistics) and
qualitative methods (methods focused on observing, describing, and analyzing social behavior,
social artifacts, and social institutions). This quote illustrates that Social Workers research
social behavior and social institutions basically they order and structure the behavior of
individuals by means of their normative character.The rhetorical analysis from English 1 dealt
with research and social institutions. This involved looking up what the purpose of the article
was. This is similar to writing in Social Work because it involves finding the purpose behind the
research. Principles drawn from the CSUS Handbook will help with Social Work and the
classes within the major, because there is a lot of essays in the field along with a lot of research.
To continue the rhetorical analysis paper from English 1 it compares and does not compare to
writing in Social Work it does not compare because in Social Work you do not have to learn
about rhetorical analysis but writing about what the article meant kind of deals with Social Work
because you are finding information.

Writing in Social Work is very difficult and requires a lot of work, Social Workers are used to
the difficult content required for a class such as Social Work 95. This class had a lot of work to
be completed. Students had to volunteer for 30 hours to pass the class along with two papers that
dealt with the volunteering. Students learned that it takes a lot of hard work to be a Social
Worker you have to earn your undergraduate degree, get volunteer experience in the field,
complete a master's degree program, get supervised experience following graduation finding an
entry level job and moving up the ladder. So if you ever want to be a Social Worker prepare for
all the work you have to do along with the requirements for the field it will not be easy.