For my Ancillary Assignment I choose to dissect the article "Bro-Hood and its Discontents - The Hangover". What first attracted my attention to this article was not only the fact that I recently viewed this film in theaters but that a guttural comedy such as this could be the focus of a English paper. After quickly skimming the article I thought it would be a difficult article to write about because it basically told what the movie was about. But when I went back and carefully dissected each sentence individually I began to see that this article was really about showing how the bond of friendship is a strong, impermeable force.
The second part of the worksheet was quite difficult and I had to look up almost all the the strategies listed. This is because it had been a long time since I have seen most of these terms and a first time seeing the other terms. It would be helpful to have a universal list of common rhetorical strategies to look for in our future readings.
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hey :) just curious - did you see the first link on this page?
ReplyDeletehttp://sites.google.com/site/english100onlinesummer20091295/Home/general-writing-handouts
It has definitions and examples for all the rhetorical strategies. I found it helpful as it has been quite some time since I've used these terms as well.
I think it's interesting how audience variation can change a chift in interpretation. I agree, the article blatently discussed the content of the movie, but your interpretation of the article was that the main point was about the bond of friendship or "bro-hood." Although i understand that may have been the title, the only thing i found any focus on was men's complaint about the female role that they "experienced."
ReplyDeleteHello SRR --
ReplyDeleteSoshanna is correct (and thank you for posting the link, Soshanna). A number of handouts, including the list of rhetorical strategies, was compiled for you and you were referred to its location. There is no need to look up the definitions as they are all on the list.