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A Performance Approach

• The world is a stage
• Language choices dictate action and perception on the stage
• Language choices also dictate action and perception in the world

"Even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality; and to this extent must function also as a deflection of reality"

We need rhetoric to...

• To be able to "express our own ideas and thoughts" effectively
• To "protect ourselves from those who would try to manipulate or harms us"

Burke's Pentad

• Act - what happened?
• Scene - when/where?
• Agent - who is involved?
• Agency - how did they act?
• Purpose - why did they act?

"Curiosity is what we need. We don't have to let go of what we believe, but we do have to be curious about what someone else believes"

Be observant and curious enough to ask questions

Question 1:
What is X?

Question 2:
What does X mean?

Question 3:
What does X do?

Final Question:
What do questions do?

First, describe the text you found. Help your reader visualize it...

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Analysis Criteria

• Context / Scene
• Intended Audience
• Intended Purpose
• Character
• Cultural Relevance
• Rhetorical Power

Location/Scene

Intended audience

Intended purpose

Character (focus)

Cultural Relevance

Rhetorical Power

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Extending the focus

"Mathematics" by Mos Def

Thank you!