Rhetorical Analysis Of A Well-Written Paper

Aristotle once said “To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.” Aristotle means that if a writer wants to “write well” then he or she must think everything through and put his or her thoughts together before putting them on paper. A well written paper engages the audience through the use of rhetorical strategies. Rhetorical strategies can include images, examples, allusions, dictation and much more. The use of these devices can help build credibility, evoke emotions, and help structure the writing so the audience understands what they are reading. A well written paper includes all of these devices to help the paper flow and make sense, which can help the readers understand what they are reading. In

“Microaggressions are small actions or word choices that seem on their face to have no malicious intent but that are thought of as a kind of violence nonetheless” (2). The word “microaggression” is used throughout the reading and helps build credibility. Not all readers know what microaggressions are and so the authors explain that microaggressions are small actions or words that may offend another person. The authors include words that their audience may see the first time around. “Trigger warnings are alerts that professors are expected to issue if something in a course might cause a strong emotional response. For example, some students have called for warnings that Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart describes racial violence and that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portrays misogyny and physical abuse, so that students who have been previously victimized by racism or domestic violence can choose to avoid these works, which they believe might “trigger” a recurrence of past trauma” (2). The words “trigger warnings” are also used throughout the reading. Trigger warnings are words that not all readers come across every day. These words mean that professors are expected to give their students a warning if a lecture topic may be offensive to their