Name: Summative Performance Task: Evaluate Texts Motives and Motivation Evaluate a Text Graphic Organizer Summary This graphic organizer will help you identify and organize rhetorical elements in a text, draft and organize your writing, and create a well-developed essay in which you evaluate the use of rhetoric across multiple texts. Topic Evaluate the rhetoric of an author or speaker who most effectively supported their main idea Guiding Questions 1. What is the author or speaker trying to motivate people to do or think? 2. How does the use of figurative language motivate people? 3. How does the use of rhetorical appeals motivate people? 4. How does the use of rhetorical devices motivate people? O Step 1: Select Texts Steps for Creating Your Essay Step 2: Evaluate Rhetorical Elements Step 3: Evaluate Articles or Speeches Step 4: Draft Thesis Statement Step 5: Outline Body Paragraphs Step 6: Write Essay Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 1 Name: Step 1: Select Texts 1. Choose two texts where an author or speaker works to motivate people. 2. As you read each text, underline and note examples of rhetorical elements. 3. After reading, summarize the main idea. What is the speaker or author trying to motivate people to do or think? 4. Then, record the total number of each type of rhetorical element you found. 5. Ensure each text includes at least ONE of each of the following rhetorical elements: · ONE example of figurative language · ONE rhetorical appeal · ONE rhetorical device Pro Tip: If you realize you don't have enough rhetorical elements to analyze, find a different text and repeat this process to ensure you have enough support for your essay. There is an additional row in the chart below in case you need to evaluate an additional text. Number of Text Title and Author or Speaker Main Idea Figurative Language Rhetorical Appeals Rhetorical Devices Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 2 Name: Step 2: Evaluate Rhetorical Elements 1. Record the title and speaker or author of each text you are evaluating. 2. Reread each article or speech and highlight the most powerful examples of figurative language, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical devices in each one. 3. List the most powerful examples and explain why they are powerful. Pro Tip: When considering if an example of figurative language, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical devices is particularly powerful, ask yourself these questions: · How does it effectively contribute to the author or speaker's tone? · How does it effectively support the main idea? · How does it support the author or speaker's unique voice or perspective? . How does it help the author or speaker connect to the audience? Article or Speech 1 Article or Speech 2 What is the title? Who is the speaker or author? What is the most powerful example of figurative language? Why? What is the most powerful rhetorical appeal? Why? What is the most powerful rhetorical device? Why? Actively Learn from Achieve3000 3 Name: Step 3: Evaluate Articles or Speeches 1. Refer to Step 2 as you complete the following directions. 2. Review your analysis of the two articles or speeches and record the title of the one you found more effective below. 3. Explain generally why this speech or article is more effective than the other one you analyzed. 4. For your chosen article or speech, review your analysis of the most powerful examples of figurative language, rhetorical devices, or rhetorical appeals and copy the most effective rhetorical element below. 5. Explain why the most effective rhetorical element in your chosen article or speech is MORE effective than the use of this element in the other article or speech. Pro Tip: Ask these questions as you consider which article or speech was more effective: · Which speech did you find the most motivational? . Would others find this motivational as well? · How did the author or speaker's use of rhetoric help support their message? . Why was the use of rhetoric in your chosen text more effective than the use of rhetoric in the other text? Title of Most Effective Speech or Article Why the Speech or Article Is More Effective Most Effective Rhetorical Element Why the Use of This Rhetorical Element Is More Effective Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 4 Name: Step 4: Draft Thesis Statement You will now evaluate the speech or article chosen in Step 3. 1. Review notes from Steps 2-3. 2. In one carefully-crafted sentence, explain how the author's use of rhetoric helps them effectively motivate people. Pro Tip: This sentence is your thesis and will guide your essay. You will include your thesis statement as the last sentence of the introduction, which will be the first paragraph of your essay. Thesis Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 5 Name: Step 5: Outline Body Paragraphs 1. Write a sentence explaining how the figurative language from Step 2 helps the author or speaker effectively motivate people in the "Claim" box. 2. Record the example from Step 2 that supports your claim in the "Evidence" box. 3. Explain how the example in the "Evidence" box is used, why it helps the author or speaker effectively motivate people, and how it proves your claim and thesis in the "Reasoning and Elaboration" box. Figurative Language Body Paragraph Claim Evidence Reasoning and Elaboration Rhetorical Appeal Body Paragraph 4. Repeat directions 1-3 for the rhetorical appeal you selected in Step 2. Claim Evidence Reasoning and Elaboration Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 6 Name: Rhetorical Device Body Paragraph 5. Repeat directions 1-3 for the rhetorical device you selected in Step 2. Claim Evidence Reasoning and Elaboration 6. Review your comparison of the text's most effective rhetorical element in Step 3. 7. If you have not already done so, add details about why the use of the rhetorical element in your selected text is powerful in comparison to the other text you evaluated. Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 7 Name: Step 6: Write Essay Congratulations! You are ready to write your essay. 1. Use the information you recorded in this graphic organizer to write a rough draft of your essay. Be sure to include the following elements: o Introduction · Engage the reader with an interesting hook. · Provide the appropriate context. · Finish your introduction with your thesis statement from Step 4. o Three Body Paragraphs · Write three clear body paragraphs using the outline from Step 5. · Ensure you include claims, evidence, and reasoning and elaboration in each body paragraph. · Use appropriate transitions and concluding sentences for each paragraph. o Conclusion · Restate your thesis statement to remind the reader of the central idea of your essay. · Then, emphasize the key ideas the reader should take from your essay. 2. Edit, revise, and submit your essay. Pro Tip: When you edit and revise, check for any major content issues or missing steps in your essay. It can be helpful to review the rubric and get feedback from a peer if possible. Actively Learn® from Achieve3000 8