Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Rosano Cruz
English 3 AP
Mr. Soeth
January 25, 2011
REHUGO Analysis - Reading: Essay

A. Author: Jane Howard, Title of essay: In Search of the Good Family

B. The authors objective is to show you what a good family is and how important it is in life. Jane Howard gives you examples of what a good family is by using statements and traits.

C. Howard uses Logos by appealing to the readers of what a good family is. She states ten characteristics of a good family. She also uses logos by using terms by referring to family as a clan, tribe, kin, dynasty, blood, roots, and a patriarch. The author also use the terms network, surrogate mother, support system, and a extended family to show what a good family is and uses those terms in a effective way by giving examples of each ones meaning. The tone of words she uses tells you how important of a good family is by getting the reader to connect to their own family and showing them what a good family is.

D. The author uses repetition by repeating the effect of what a good family is. She repeats the ten characteristics of what a good family is and how she emphasizes traits of a happy family. She uses rhetorical strategy to better connect the readers attention toward of what she is trying to say to them. The effect of the rhetorical strategies and tone together adds depth into more of what a good family truly is. It really shows a true example of what a good family is.

1 comment:

  1. Do you know what a patriarch is? She also uses logos by using terms by referring to family as a clan, tribe, kin, dynasty, blood, roots, and a patriarch. - is a patriarch a family?

    You offer no examples to prove your point. You make blanket statements as if we should accept them as fact. You list off words as evidence of the author's intelligence, but you don't give the context in which these words are used.

    The effect of the rhetorical strategies and tone together adds depth into more of what a good family truly is. - you go on and on about the author's view of a "good family" without really showing me the reasoning or strategies the author uses to make her point.

    You can definitely do better, you nee to put more thought into this writing. You certainly have the intelligence, jst put in the effort.

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