Carolina Gonzalez

October 6, 2017
Rhetorical Analysis Draft 1

One of my most recent memorable pieces of writing that I will be rhetorically discussing is a
rhetorical analysis itself that I wrote in English 1 last semester. This piece of writing was the
most memorable to me, the reason being that it was the first rhetorical writing I was ever as-
signed. I will admit that it was very tedious to comprehend and write; I did not quite understand
the concept of a rhetorical analysis. Although I was completely lost as to where to begin and how
exactly to put it together, I felt I had grasped the notion of how to correctly write a rhetorical
analysis.
A little background and general information about my chosen piece of writing; the rhetorical
analysis I wrote contains seven paragraphs, is three pages long, double-spaced, twelve point font,
and written in the third person. It reflects the writing of another article, which I will now be re-
analyzing. This memorable piece of writing was written with the purpose to depict an article and
to reassure myself and my former professor that I clearly understood the article I chose to rhetor-
ically analyze. The reason behind my writing was to address the purpose and to depict the ele-
ments the author of the article utilized to persuade the audience. Also, in my piece of writing, I
stated whether the authors use of elements worked on myself and whether I was persuaded or
not and why.
The overall context of my writing is academic and studential. As a student, I am very limit-
ed to certain experiences and knowledge that would give my paper a different taste and stronger
language. What gave rise to this paper was analyzing and depicting every element that made the
article a persuasive one, and then clearly describing each and every one of those elements. When
developing my rhetorical analysis in my former English class, I faced a few constraints that put a
halt on my ideas. To begin with, I am not very assimilated with rhetorically analyzing a text and
then having to write about it. I was not familiar or even good at writing in an impersonal style. I
usually like inputting my personal opinion, but I could not do so in this writing.
As for audience, I was writing as if my professor were my intended audience. For the most
part, my professor was meant to read or use my writing since she was the one who pushed me to
write this piece. But my fellow peers could have also read and used my writing towards their
own writing, they could learn from my mistakes to correct theirs.
The major I have chosen is Nutrition (Natural Science). After reading about the style of writ-
ing in my field, it is interpreted that the writing within the major of natural science is straight to
the point, short, and simple. The writing contains no humor, irony, or sarcasm because only facts
and data are being stated, oness opinion should not be including. Not only is it very concise, but
is very concrete and not open to one or more interpretation. The writing is separated into differ-
ent sections- Abstract, Introduction, Experiment, Results/ Data, Discussion, and Conclusion.
Many tables and figures are included to support the data and ideas being presented in the writing.
Some of the very unacceptable things within the writing of natural science are having numer-
ous and obvious misspelled words, being excessively redundant; never repeat what has already
been said. A great importance is citing peer-reviewed journals and scholars books. The main exi-
gence of writing in the natural science expectations is to explore questions about the physical
universe and to hypothesize and experiment; explaining and providing data and information
about those hypothesis and experiments. The context is of well-educated and experienced people
in the major of natural science, proving and teaching others of what has been explored and dis-
covered. As perceived from the reading, the intended audience are other people within the natural
science major, professors, and those who are interested in the findings of the writer.
Clearly, the piece of writing chosen and the writing expected of natural science majors are
quite distinct. Many choices and changes need to be made in order for the piece of writing cho-
sen to be permitted under major of natural science. But what also needs to be taken into consid-
eration is the fact that the exigence of both writings are completely different and ask of two com-
pletely different things. Aside from that, many things could be grasped and learned from chosen
major for future reference. The principles of language, concentration, context, purpose, and sup-
porting details could be drawn from this writing to aid in future situations.