Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Classroom Relationships' By Kimberlee Bonura

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It is commonly brought our attention, that how we act will often reflect back upon us; it is something that we are taught from the very moment that we are born. As humans, it is easy to let negativity get to us and can cause us to act out against our peers and enemies. In Kimberlee Bonura’s analysis on the theory of Classroom Relationships, she is persuading half of her audience (teachers) how to treat students and the other half of her audience (students) how attitudes can effect their mood and how they make people feel. While reading Classroom Relationships, I analyzed the characteristics’ that Bonura uses in her writing to make it rhetorical. The two tools that she applies to her writing include the problem and solution technique and discussing important issues in our society. …show more content…

Throughout the text she speaks with an informative tone that addresses the common problems that occur within a classroom and gives suggestions that will benefit both the teacher and the student. For example, “When students believe that their peers and teachers like and respect them, they are more likely to achieve academic success (Goodenow, 1993; Ladd, 1990; Ryan & Patrick, 2001)”(Bonura, 1). This is an example of using a problem to help the teacher understand what they need to change in order to make their students happy. The problem is not stated exactly, but the reader can come to the conclusion that Bonura is trying to state that there is an issue with the way that teachers treat their students. By using this effect, the reader (or teacher) considers the way they treat their students and comes up with a solution in order to fix the addressed

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