Rhetorical Analysis Quiz

Textual Analysis is "rhetorical analysis that focuses on the text itself," while Contextual Analysis is "rhetorical analysis that places an argument within a larger conversation." These are the two types of Rhetorical Analysis. Textual Analysis includes language, voice, style, structure etc. It also includes any rhetorical appeals (logos, ethos and pathos). Contextual Analysis includes the questions, "Who, What, When, Where and Why?" This takes place outside the essay itself. It also includes the rhetorical situations (audience, occasion, purpose) as well as claims, reasons, evidences, and acknowledgment/response. Both of these are critical to the overall Rhetorical Analysis, but cover different parts of analyzing rhetoric.