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11- or 12-point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, include a Works Cited page. Your ONLY source should be the website provided for your below.
A rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks a work of non-fiction into parts and then explains how the parts work together to create a certain effect — whether to persuade, entertain or inform. A rhetorical analysis should explore the rhetorician’s goals, the techniques (or tools) used, examples of those techniques, and the effectiveness of those techniques. When writing a rhetorical analysis, you are NOT saying whether or not you agree with the argument. Instead, you’re discussing how the choices the rhetorician makes within the argument (rhetorical literary devices) and whether or not the approach used is effective.
DIRECTIONS: For this assignment, you will write an analysis of the rhetorical writing strategies and techniques Elie Wiesel uses in his speech - The Perils of Indifference, to achieve his purpose in his essay. Basically, does the Wiesel's choices (of rhetorical/literary devices in his argument effect the reader/audience and explain how and why? ). Basically, was his use of rhetorical devices in his speech effective or ineffective? Your claim statement should answer this question. Apply your critical reading skills to break down the whole of the text into the sum of its parts. Do NOT summarize or analyze the message of the speech or bring in other sources.
In your introduction, along with your thesis statement, you can include Wiesel's use of: They say, I say, the answer to the "so what?," the answer to the "who cares?," and the naysayers.