Rhetorical Situation
Part I-Rhetorical Situation First, you need to establish/clarify the rhetorical situation and information cycle elements of this article, so as you read ″Google,″ take notes on the following concepts and questions: Exigence Rhetor(s) Audience(s) Purpose(s) Genre/source type Affordances and constraints Where does it come in the information cycle, and as such, what does it contribute to related conversations or debates? What else do we know (or can we find out) about the context for this source? Part II-Read for Rhetoric & Content With your notes about the rhetorical situation and Information Cycle from Part 1 in mind, you are now ready to ″Read in Three Ways″ and take notes on the ″Google″ article by responding to the following: Read for Content—the what What are the most important points, facts, and ideas presented in this article? What are the overarching argument and supporting evidence? 2. Read for Rhetoric—the how How is the information and argument(s) presented? [unique_solution]What rhetorical strategies does the author use? Kairos Ethos Logos Pathos 3. Read for Research—Lateral Reading Strategies (i.e., finding and following breadcrumbs) Texts don’t just provide information, opinions, and arguments—in certain ways, for certain audiences, at certain times. They also leave readers/viewers “breadcrumbs,” or clues to other research, sources, and perspectives related to the topic. In written academic texts, the most obvious research “breadcrumbs” are in-text citations and bibliographies. But most all texts are sprinkled with other kinds of “breadcrumbs” you can find and use to further your own research, such as references to people, places, times, events, documents, studies, organizations, institutions, and so on. What “breadcrumbs” are in this article? If this was the only source you had to go on to research something related to Google, what clues here could you follow? Use the lateral reading strategies you learned in Segment 1 to identify these clues: Clicking on and reading embedded media Searching for key terms, events, people, or locations described in the text