Chapter Outline

Informal Rhetorical Criticism

Case Example: Automobile Want Ads
Case Example: Statue Controversy
Case Example: The Sixth Sense

Intermediate Rhetorical Criticism

Case Example: "History in 3 Volumes"
Case Example: Japanese Economic Indicators

Real Rhetorical Criticism

Initial Curiosity
Checking Related Research: Building a JFS
Checking Artifact Characteristics: Building a JFA
Creating a Worthwhile Research Question
Building a Method for Analysis

Building Your Research Question

Focused Research Questions
Doable Research Questions
Interesting Research Questions

Building Your JFA

Building Your JFS

Building Your Method Section

Doing Your Analysis

Describing Your Analysis Discoveries

Workshop: Writing Rhetorical Criticism

Developing a Research Question
Building a Rhetorical Criticism Paper Proposal
     Critical area of research interest
     Artifact(s)
     JFA
     JFS
     Research Question
     Review of Published Scholarly Method
     Proposed Method Steps of Analysis