Rhetorical Reading Worksheet

DIRECTIONS: For each assigned reading, you will answer the following questions about the reading. Please be specific referring to page numbers when possible.

Kyle Nelson YOUR NAME: James Berlin AUTHOR(S): TITLE OF TEXT: Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class
1) What is the authors main claim? How do you know?

The main claim is the there are three type of rhetoric that have showed up in the classrooms of universities. Also, how ideology influences rhetoric. I know this because the author mentions the classroom many times and always ties it in when they are explaining something.
2) What are three pieces of evidence that the author uses to support this claim?

! "I would like to bring the discussion I began up there to date, focusing on ideology in three rhetoric" ! (Berlin 477). "The university was an important part of this strategy to control this economic instability" ! (Berlin 480). "Once again, the possibility that this consensus about what is good and possible is a ! product of class interest and class experience is never seriously entertained" (Berlin 484). ! "#!$%!&'(!)*&'%+,-!.)/(!0)123!41)2.-5!6'789'7!:%&5! ! The author does make valid claims. For example, Berlin talks about how ideology influences societies ! decisions, which I agree with. He also explains how the outcome is unpredictable in a teaching ! environment because there are different ways to teach certain things. ! ! ;#!<%9!3%(-!&'2-!&(=&!+(1)&(!&%!):%&'(+!>2(4(!%?!+()32:@!?+%.!&'2-!41)--!A%+!?+%.!()+12(+! 4%.>%-2&2%:!4%*+-(-#5!<%9!)+(!&'(!)*&'%+,-!2:&(+)4&2:@!A-2.21)+!&%>24-B!32+(4&17!.(:&2%:2:@! ()4'!%&'(+B!+(?(++2:@!&%!&'(!-).(!&(=&-B!(&4C5! ! This text relates to previous text I have read in composition 1. I cannot remember what the text was ! called, but it did speak about different types of rhetoric and how we can relate it to one another. Berlin ! mentions Flower and Hayes in his paper multiple times, with who I am familiar with. ! ! D#!E%:-23(+2:@!&'(!&+)F(4&%+7!%?!&'(!41)--!):3!%*+!4%*+-(!%GF(4&20(-B!9')&!9211!7%*!&)/(!?+%.! &'2-!+()32:@!)-!7%*!.%0(!?%+9)+35!6'7!3%!7%*!4%:-23(+!&'2-!&%!G(!):!2.>%+&):&!1(--%:!2:! '(1>2:@!7%*!-*44((3!2:!9+2&2:@!?%+!&'(!)4)3(.75! ! I will now consider all the different types of rhetoric that is out there. Before I was oblivious to rhetoric, I ! am still having trouble understanding it entirely, but I am beginning to get the hang of it. It will also give ! me a better idea on how to write my papers. I consider this important because without it, my papers will ! become boring and ordinary, which is not the goal of this course. ! H#!6+2&(!&'+((!I*(-&2%:-!&'(!&(=&!&+2@@(+(3!2:!7%*!9'21(!+()32:@C!
What is ideology? How does this relate to me? How are ideology and rhetoric related?