Rhetorical Analysis Quiz

Textual analysis is a form of rhetorical analysis that focuses on the text itself.  It deals with the words on the page and their meanings.  Textual analysis deals with the rhetorical appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos.)  Contextual analysis is a form of rhetorical analysis that places an argument within a larger argument.  It is how the reader reads and interprets what the essay is talking about.  It deals with the rhetorical situations (audience, occasion, and purpose.)  Contextual analysis deals with the 5 w's: who, what, when, where, and why.