Rhetorical Précis Test v.I Concept, Content, Construction, Quality

1. Rhetorical Précis Test v.IConcept, Content, Construction, Quality Matching, sorting, thinking…

2. A Rhetorical Precis is… A rhetorical Précis is a highly specialized, specific type of summary. A rhetorical Précis is four sentences long. A rhetorical Précis is includes all details of the original argument. A rhetorical Précis is includes long quotations. A rhetorical Précis is tells a story. A rhetorical Précis is an explanation of the author’s argument and main support. A rhetorical Précis is a brief analysis of how an author expresses themselves and their point or thesis. A rhetorical Précis is unlimited in length. A rhetorical Précis is a more general summary. A rhetorical Précis describes the opinion of the writer of the piece. A rhetorical Précis is a summary emphasizing the rhetorical aspects of the work. A rhetorical Précis shares the opinion of the student writing the précis. A rhetorical Précis is a summary emphasizing the how the author tries to affect the reader. Now go on to the next task. 

3. Rhetorical PrecisParts: Color Code and Arrange published in (publishing info) and argues that (argument). (Author’s credentials), (author’s first and last name) He/she supports this claim by___________, in order to and others interested in the topic of__________. in his/her (type of text), (title of text) (date), for his/her audience, addresses the topic of (topic of text) (author’s purpose in writing) the readers of (publication) He/she adopts a(n) __________ tone then___________, then_____________, and finally____________. (change in reader/society the author wants to achieve). (Author’s last name)’s purpose is to Go to the next task 

4. The is the poem the rhetorical precis task refers to. You may want it for reference or laughs, but do not need to understand it for the next task. JABBERWOCKY Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) `Twasbrillig, and the slithytoves  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,  And the momerathsoutgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun  The frumiousBandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand:  Long time the manxome foe he sought --So rested he by the Tumtum tree,  And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood,  The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,  And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through  The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head  He went galumphing back. "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?  Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'  He chortled in his joy.`Twasbrillig, and the slithytoves  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,  And the momerathsoutgrabe.

5. Color Code & Arrange the Sample Rhetorical Precis for the readers of Through the Looking Glass and other interested in funny yet insightful stories. and finally when he encounters the dangerous jabberwocky, he responds quick to kill it. in order to provide a bit of lightness to readers’ day and encourage slowing down to think when in the midst of a challenge. addresses the topic of facing danger with bravery Lewis Carroll, Carroll’s narrator supports this claim by noting how the boy is first advised by an elder, then he stops on his journey to think and wait, The author’s purpose is to entertain with an exciting but short narrative poem in his poem “Jabberwocky” and explains that the young man is successful in his quest to kill the jabberwocky because he thought his actions through. from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1872), Famed author and scholar/instructor at Oxford, The author writes in a wildly wordy made-up language resulting in a funny tone DONE! For SAVING Instructions please see the notes for this slide.