Analyzing Lucy Stanton, A Plea for the Oppressed.
First, before analysing, it’s going to be beneficial to write a sentence of what you think the thesis
statement is. It will help you have the right verbiage in analysis.
Syntactical Strategy Effect/Function What your teacher is likely looking for
Coordination “Those who rob their fellow men of home, of liberty, of
Indicates equal ideas
(Remember FANBOYS) education, of life, are really at war against them as
Shows balance of ideas though they cleft them down upon the bloody field.”
This balances the idea of war and slavery together
- For points in your analysis of a quote for
coordination, you need to focus on:
- The balance of the ideas being
coordinated.
- What is being compared? Why?
- Link it back to the implied thesis.
Subordination “He yearned for freedom, but free-soil was far away.”
Indicates inequality of ideas
(although, because, This builds suspense, but you may want to find
since, when, which, who, Emphasizes one idea over another multiple that do different things.
if, whereas) - For points in your analysis of a quote for
Builds suspense subordination, you need to focus on:
- When it builds suspense/info, what doe
Provides causal
it do for the whole argument?
information/details
- When it indicates inequality, compare
and contrast the arguments/ideas being
made.
Simple Sentences Ex: “Slavery is the combination of all crimes. It is war.”
Emphasizes the main idea
These are two simple sentences next to each other
but “It is war” is more rhetorically effective.
- For points in your analysis of a quote for simple
sentences, you need to focus on:
- Explain the rhetorical effect of the short
sentence.
- These are usually pathos.
- How does it support the thesis?
- What does it say about the author’s
point of view that they placed focus on
this?
Rhetorical Question “Sister, have you ever had a kind and loving brother?
Asks the reader to pause and
How often would he lay aside his book to relieve you
reflect
from some difficulty? How have you hung upon the
words of wisdom that he has uttered?”
Stringing questions together is a commonly used
rhetorical device.
First, before analysing, it’s going to be beneficial to write a sentence of what you think the thesis
statement is. It will help you have the right verbiage in analysis.
Syntactical Strategy Effect/Function What your teacher is likely looking for
Coordination “Those who rob their fellow men of home, of liberty, of
Indicates equal ideas
(Remember FANBOYS) education, of life, are really at war against them as
Shows balance of ideas though they cleft them down upon the bloody field.”
This balances the idea of war and slavery together
- For points in your analysis of a quote for
coordination, you need to focus on:
- The balance of the ideas being
coordinated.
- What is being compared? Why?
- Link it back to the implied thesis.
Subordination “He yearned for freedom, but free-soil was far away.”
Indicates inequality of ideas
(although, because, This builds suspense, but you may want to find
since, when, which, who, Emphasizes one idea over another multiple that do different things.
if, whereas) - For points in your analysis of a quote for
Builds suspense subordination, you need to focus on:
- When it builds suspense/info, what doe
Provides causal
it do for the whole argument?
information/details
- When it indicates inequality, compare
and contrast the arguments/ideas being
made.
Simple Sentences Ex: “Slavery is the combination of all crimes. It is war.”
Emphasizes the main idea
These are two simple sentences next to each other
but “It is war” is more rhetorically effective.
- For points in your analysis of a quote for simple
sentences, you need to focus on:
- Explain the rhetorical effect of the short
sentence.
- These are usually pathos.
- How does it support the thesis?
- What does it say about the author’s
point of view that they placed focus on
this?
Rhetorical Question “Sister, have you ever had a kind and loving brother?
Asks the reader to pause and
How often would he lay aside his book to relieve you
reflect
from some difficulty? How have you hung upon the
words of wisdom that he has uttered?”
Stringing questions together is a commonly used
rhetorical device.
