Even after the 2nd round, I have to say that I have not been satisfied with your answers. So, I carefully retraced my teaching steps. Much of the problem is in the way the material was presented, having quite a bit of over lap, so I am here giving you THE DEFINITIVE information which you might want to make a part of your notes.
Sympathetic reading, from the lecture and homework on Tuesday, August 28 includes CONTENT, ARGUMENT, EVIDENCE, STRATEGY/TECHNIQUE, TONE/VOICE.
Critical reading (usually the second time through) from the lecture and homework on Wednesday, August 29 includes a critical examination of ARGUMENTS, both strong and weak, and TECHNIQUE, both strong and weak, as well as an examination of AUDIENCE, especially in relationship to the author's application of technique and STRATGEY. Note that any professional or student who wants to reach her or his audience will employ strategies and techniques to make it easier or possible to make an impact on her/his reader.
On Tuesday, September 4th, I introduced STYLISTIC elements of DICTION, SYNTAX, IMAGERY and TONE. Perhaps FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE should be substituted for IMAGERY so that it would include metaphor, simile, allusion, alliteration, imagery, assonance and all other stylistic elements authors' employ. Our "short hand" for "figurative language" will be "imagery."
Rhetorical elements were first identified as SUBJECT, PROBLEM, POSITION, and SOLUTION(S) on Friday, August 31st and again on Wednesday, September 5th.
I think the confusion we all share stems from the fact that 1st and 2nd reading
is a classification system which overlaps with "stylistic analysis"
and with "rhetorical analysis." The classes share attributes in
a way similar to "shape" and "hardness" share "apples"
but exclude "oranges" which are not crisp or hard and "carrots"
which are not round. Some fit into one class but not the other.
I will post this as a link for future consultation and study. Do more thinking about this as we move along as you will want to be as clear as possible in your understanding of the inter-relationship of style and rhetoric and how to attack the analysis of theme on both a second and first reading.
Mr. J.
