WEEK 6:
Reading
- WS1 “Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” (Carroll 45‑58) [13 pages]
Turn In
- Writer’s Journal Prompt [Blogs@Baruch]
- Analysis Rough Draft [Blackboard]
Writer’s Journal Prompt [Blogs@Baruch]
Carroll describes several ways we might already be using rhetoric in formal and informal ways throughout our lives. Choose one of the following prompts to write about this week:
- How do you use rhetoric in your daily life? What messages do you try to communicate? To what audiences?
- Describe a rhetorical situation you have been part of. What was the exigence? Who were the audiences? What were the constraints and affordances? If it helps, you could include a visual representation by using a rhetorical triangle to chart the situation.

Analysis Rough Draft [Blackboard]
Assignment Sheet available on Blogs@Baruch.