WRA 130 Andrew Colannino

The main idea of this reading to inform the reader on rhetorical criticism and how to properly use it.The article states that the first step is to formulate a research question and select an artifact. This part of the article helps guide the reader through this step. It gives the reader strategies, such as asking yourself specific questions that will help find the rhetorical artifact being sought after. This section also gives many other helpful strategies that the reader may come across as a critic. According to this article the next step is to select a unit of analysis. This part of the article assists the reader to select a unit of analysis that will be used to answer his or her research question. It gives strong examples to make sure the reader understands. Analyzing the artifact chosen is the third step. This article gives a general idea of what this step entails and supports the reader through this part. The final step of this rhetorical criticism is writing the critical essay. This article gives a detailed outline on how the reader can approach this crucial part of being a critic.This article was fairly interesting and seems to be very helpful to anyone struggling with the rhetorical criticism idea.