After reading your Rhetorical Analysis Assignment Sheet and “Backpacks Versus Briefcases,” explore what you know about rhetorical analysis.
What is its primary goal?
How is analyzing a work different than summarizing it or giving your opinion on the issue it addresses?
What are some key features of successful rhetorical analyses?
What significant information/quotations do you want to highlight in the Backpack Versus Briefcases?
What requirements from the assignment sheet do you want to point to?
