Analyzing rhetorical strategies essay based on this link “Food INC” Video. http://www.veoh.com/watch/v20368182MnDqr98W?h1=Food+Inc+HD+720p

“Food INC. video” has sections and these sections are introduced in “Video sections File”. In this file I wrote rhetorical strategies in for every section. Other information about essay is shown in below the page. I will also sent you a sample paper which might help you to understand better. Note: because I am an international student please do not write the essay advance level, I mean keep the words simple and don’t write very complicated sentences.

Project 3: Prompt – Analyzing Rhetorical Strategies

Overview: Write a 5 page rhetorical analysis of Kenner’s Food Inc., as described below.

Food Inc.isa documentary by Robert Kenner about the politics of industrial food production. The documentary features interviews with writers Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser,

as well as farmers and “environmental entrepreneurs.” The film aims to “lift the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.” The filmmaker suggests that careful examination of our food system reveals shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced, and who we have become as a nation.

For this paper you will analyze rhetorical strategies in Food Inc. You will describe, analyze and explain these strategies, and discuss how they advance the film’s arguments.

Criteria for Evaluation
Successful papers will:
1. Introduce Food Inc., signal the topic, and give a clear indication of how the paper will proceed in the introduction. Thesis is important “In this essay I will explain…”

2. Accurately describe the authors’ project and argument in one paragraph
3. Describe at minimum4 strategies from 4 different sections of Food Inc. (NO ETHOS, PATHOS, OR LOGOS) utilized in the film, provide interpretation and analysis of how the strategies work, and explain why the authors chose to use these strategies (purpose and audience).Note : “ I introduced the rhetorical strategies for sections in “Video sections” file. You can chose 4 strategies from that file for 4 different sections.

4. Explain how the strategies advance the main argument.
5. Present ample evidence to support your analysis of rhetorical strategies with CORRECTLY APPROPRIATED QUOTES.
6. Use an effective structure that carefully guides the reader from one idea to the next and be thoroughly edited so that sentences are readable and appropriate for an academic paper
7. Have a conclusion that revisits the main points of the paper and amply sums up the essay.

Common strategies: Appeal to authority, Audience knowledge, Cause and Effect, Clip editing, Commonplaces, Comparison and contrast, Definition, Description, Division and Classification, Exemplification, Identification, Metaphors/Similes/Analogies, Motive, Music, Narration, Precedent, Prolepsis, Questioning, Organization and Structure, Ordering of Information, Shot type (cinematic)*** I wrote the definition of every rhetorical strategies below.

? Appeal to authority:Commonly referred to as “appeals to authority,” using “Big Names” makes a statement/claim/ argument seem authoritative, well researched, believable.
? AUDIENCE KNOWLEDGE:What knowledge, texts, situations, or people does the film expect the audience to be aware of? What connections foes the audience have of these other sources, and how does this affect the interpretation of what is being said?
? Cause and effect essay:Analyzes why something happens and describes the consequences of a string of events.
? Commonplaces:Also known as “hidden assumptions,”

“hidden beliefs,” and “ideologies”They include assumptions, many of them unconscious, that groups of people hold in common.
? Comparison and Contrast:Discussion of similarities and differences
? Definition:When authors define certain words, these definitions are specifically formulated for the specific purpose he/she has in mind. These definitions are crafted uniquely for the intended audience.
? Description:

Details sensory perceptions of a person, place or thing.
? Division and Classification:Divides a whole into parts or sorts related items into categories.
? Exemplification:Provides examples or cases in point.
? Identification:This is rhetorician Kenneth Burke’s term for the act of “identifying” with another person who shares your values or beliefs. Many speakers or authors try to identify with an audience or convince an audience to identify with them and their argument.
? Narration:Recounts an event, tells a story, that supports the argument.

? Precedent:When an author speaks or argues from precedent, he or she references a previous situation, one that can be compared to the author’s situation.
? Prolepsis: Anticipating the opposition’s best argument and addressing it in advance.Also known as “Counterargument and Rebuttal”. Uses the reality that readers often interact with the text and ask questions of it – disagreeing and pointing out where there are differing opinions or weaknesses in argument – as a tool to help the reader believe the argument.
? Questioning:Rhetorical Questions:

a question designed to have one correct answer. The author leads the reader into a position rather than stating it explicitly.
? Rhetorical Strategies for Film: MUSIC: How does the music affect the audience? In what ways does the music reinforce the visual and/or verbal message? Does it inspire clam or fright?Is it happy or sad? Is it childish or artistic? Does it have lyrics? If so, how do they reinforce the message? Is it representative of something else (a national anthem, a hymn, etc.) ?
? SHOT TYPE:

Hoe does the camera angle affect the audience’s perception of what is happening? Are the shots close-up or panoramic? What is the atmosphere of the shot (is there anything going on in the background)? How does the background (or lack thereof) affect the message? What colors are in the shot? What kind of lighting is used?
? CLIP EDITING: How does the editor choose when to end a clip? Does it seem like more was left out? Are the clips long or short? Is anything added to the stock footage (drawings, subtitles, cartoon bubbles, graphs, etc.)?