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February 10 - Today, you learned how to complete a rhetorical analysis planning guide step by step, from identifying the rhetorical situation to analyzing devices and effects. Reflect on one step of the rhetorical analysis process that helped you understand the process more clearly. Explain what you learned during that step and how it improved your ability to analyze a speaker’s message.

Prompt Response: The step that most clearly unlocked the process for me was identifying the rhetorical situation, specifically the relationship between the speaker, the audience, and the exigence. Before this, I tended to dive straight into looking for metaphors or symbols without knowing why they were being used in the first place. By first grounding the analysis in the "who, to whom, and why," I realized that a speaker’s choices aren't random. They are strategic reactions to a specific moment in time. This shift in perspective improved my ability to analyze a message because it turned the text into a puzzle where every device has a clear purpose. Instead of just labeling a "passionate tone," I can now explain why that tone was necessary to move a specific, skeptical audience.

Summary: Today in class, I worked on my planning guide.

Reflection: Today I learned how to properly write a body paragraph.

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