NOT Psychological
Analysis
In a
rhetorical analysis, we're not interested in the
writer's psychology -- what the writer thinks, what the writer
feels.
You'd
never say: "The writer used this imagery because he was very
angry."
Instead,
we're interested in how the writer is strategically using
language to affect the reader in some way.
You'd
say: "The writer uses this imagery to make the reader angry
... or to shock the reader ... or to convince the reader of his
seriousness. (The
handout.) |