I need help with some Rhetorical Analysis reading log questions based on this article: "High Functioning", which is one of Esmé Weijun Wang's essays from The Collected Schizophrenias. The PDF document to the article is attached below.
1a. What language and style choices does the author make? Consider the diction they use, how formal or informal their language is, whether they use any technical language that would be specific to a particular audience, etc.
1b. What do their choices of words or phrases tell you about their tone, the kind of relationship they are trying to create with their audience, or what kind of audience they expect?
2a. What sentence structures does the author employ? Consider the form of the sentences (short or long, fragments, etc.), as well as the style of the sentences (imperative, declarative, exclamatory, etc.).
2b. How do these sentence styles help the author achieve their purpose? How do they relate to the author’s purpose and audience?
3a. What rhetorical appeals (logos/ethos/pathos) appear in the text? (Note: usually all rhetorical appeals are present)
3b. Which rhetorical appeal seems most important to the text? Which one is the author relying on the most to accomplish their purpose with this audience? Why?
4a. Any other important rhetorical features or strategies you noticed?
4b. Why were these used?
