I need help. I got my rhetorical analysis essay back and the main comment was "good identification of strategies, but weak analysis of warrants." I nodded like I understood and then immediately forgot what a warrant is. Isn't it just... the thing that connects evidence to claim?
But in rhetorical analysis, what does that even mean? I identified ethos, pathos, logos, I talked about tone and diction, I thought I was done. But apparently there's another layer where you explain why those strategies would be persuasive to a particular audience given the context.
Like not just "this uses pathos" but "this uses pathos by showing a crying child because the target audience is parents who fear for their kids' safety." Is that the warrant? Help?? Anyone have a simple explanation for what warrants are in rhetorical analysis because I'm lost and my office hours appointment isn't until Thursday.
But in rhetorical analysis, what does that even mean? I identified ethos, pathos, logos, I talked about tone and diction, I thought I was done. But apparently there's another layer where you explain why those strategies would be persuasive to a particular audience given the context.
Like not just "this uses pathos" but "this uses pathos by showing a crying child because the target audience is parents who fear for their kids' safety." Is that the warrant? Help?? Anyone have a simple explanation for what warrants are in rhetorical analysis because I'm lost and my office hours appointment isn't until Thursday.
