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Title: Writing the Rhetorical Precis


1
Writing the Rhetorical Precis
  • Jean G. Ellerhoff
  • Central Academy
  • Des Moines, Iowa

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The Rhetorical Precis
  • The precis is a highly structured four sentence
    paragraph that records the essential elements of
    a unit of spoken or written discourse. Each of
    the four sentences requires specific information.

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The Rhetorical Precis Format
  • Sentence 1
  • In a single coherent sentence give the following
  • Name of the author, title of the work, source and
    date (in parentheses)
  • A rhetorically accurate verb such as asserts,
    argues, refutes, proves, or explains.
  • A that clause containing the major claim (thesis
    statement) of the work.
  • THE WHAT

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The Rhetorical Precis Format
  • Sentence 2
  • In a single coherent sentence give an explanation
    of how the writer develops and supports the major
    claim (thesis statement).
  • THE HOW

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The Rhetorical Precis Format
  • Sentence 3
  • In a single coherent sentence give a statement of
    the authors purpose, followed by an in order
    to phrase.
  • THE WHY

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The Rhetorical Precis Format
  • Sentence 4
  • In a single coherent sentence give a description
    of the intended audience and/or the relationship
    the author establishes with the audience.
  • TO OR FOR WHOM

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Sources
  • http//www.teachand learn.org/rhetorical_precis.ht
    m
  • http//oregonstate.edu/instruct/ph1201/modules/rhe
    torical-precis/sample/peirce_sample_precis

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Student Sample Rhetorical Precis
  • Sentence 1
  • bell hooks, in her essay, Women Who Write Too
    Much, from Remembered Rapture (1999), suggests
    that all dissident writers, particularly black
    female writers, face enormous time pressures, for
    if they are not prodigious, they are never
    noticed by mainstream publishers.

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Sentence 2 Student Sample Precis
  • She supports her position first by describing her
    early writing experiences that taught her not to
    be afraid of the writing process second by
    explaining her motives for writing, including
    political activism and lastly by affirming her
    argument, stressing that people must
    strategically schedule their writing and make
    much of that time.

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Student Sample Sentence 3
  • Her two-pronged purpose is to respond to critics
    and to encourage minority writers to develop
    their own voice.

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Student Sample Sentence 4
  • Although at times her writing seems almost
    didactic, hooks ultimately establishes a
    companionable relationship with her audience of
    both critics and women who seek to improve the
    effectiveness of their own writing.
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