Include the word paradox in your response. Write your response below. Activity 14: Formative Assessment Write a rhetorical précis of the article. A précis is a concise summary of what you’ve read including both what the text says and what the text does rhetorically. In other words, a précis presents the what, how, why, and who of a writer’s argument. Use the précis template below, as well as the directions provided for you (from Reading Rhetorically by John C. Bean, Virginia A. Chappell, and Alice M. Gillam). Sentence 1: Name of the author, genre, and title of the work; date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb (such as or and a “claims,” “argues,” “asserts,” “suggests”); THAT clause containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work. Sentence 2: An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order. Sentence 3: A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an order to” “in phrase. Sentence 4: A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.
Include the word paradox in your response. Write your response below. Activity 14: Formative Assessment Write a rhetorical précis of the article. A précis is a concise summary of what you’ve read including both what the text says and what the text does rhetorically. In other words, a précis presents the what, how, why, and who of a writer’s argument. Use the précis template below, as well as the directions provided for you (from Reading Rhetorically by John C. Bean, Virginia A. Chappell, and Alice M. Gillam). Sentence 1: Name of the author, genre, and title of the work; date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “claims,” “argues,” “asserts,” or “suggests”); and a THAT clause containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work. Sentence 2: An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order. Sentence 3: A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase. Sentence 4: A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.
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