Samples and Readings

This section provides a selection of readings that might be helpful to practice rhetorical analysis as well as a few repositories of sample student papers that might serve as models of rhetorical analysis

A Writer’s Guide to Mindful Reading This book has 5 chapters about active reading and connecting reading to writing, so some sections could also work well as part of our foundational readings for this rhetoric unit or for Comp 150 generally. We included it in this section of our OER list, however, because it has several good readings at the end, organized into themes: Reading; Reading, Writing and Technology; Expertise and Technology; Gender and Technology; The Environment and Technology. Each reading includes some pre-reading context as well as questions and reflection activities. (by Carillo; Accessed through WAC Clearinghouse; License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works)
Michigan Corpus of Upper-Level Student Papers (MICUSP) This is an enormous database of student papers from the University of Michigan. It is searchable, includes a list of rhetorical analyses. (License: Copyright, open for Educational Use)
Stylus: A Journal of First-Year Writing This online journal, published by the University of Central Florida, contains high-quality sample student essays in a variety of types, including rhetorical analysis.