Transcript Precis formula with examples

 1)
Name of author, type of document, (date)
“Title” argues (a description of the author’s
major purpose).
 2) A couple of rhetorical terms and, in brief,
how they function to convey meaning.
 3) Describe the organization, or structure of
the speech, and explain why it is particularly
effective for this audience
 4) Writing with (two tone words), author’s
name appeals to (a description of the two
audiences and why the message appeals to
them).
1) Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address
(1864) argues for the reconciliation of the South with
the North, as well as asserting that slavery is the
primary cause of the Civil War. 2) Using personification
of the “nation” and the “war” Lincoln effectively
creates a space where the impact of blame for the start
of the war is mitigated. 3) Also by using repetition,
parallelism, and biblical allusion Lincoln aligns his
authority with God in order to negotiate the end of the
conflict and suggest that the “nation” has suffered
enough. 4) Writing with reverential intensity and
determined purpose, Lincoln effectively manages to
create a rhetorical space by which the South can rejoin
the union as well as appeal to Northern audiences who
have lost many lives and resources in the conflict; in
contemporary times the speech is a reminder that
sometimes peace is the hardest state to preserve.
1) In Eudora Welty’s autobiographical essay “One
Writer’s Beginnings”(1984) she argues that her love
for writing began with her love of reading and that
two powerful female role models influenced her to
become a voracious reader. 2) Using figurative
language, repetition, and powerful diction, Welty
crafts a vivid description of the formative
influences that inspired her to create her own
world of words. 3) By juxtaposing the severe Mrs.
Calloway and her own mother, Welty shows that
inspiration can take both a positive and negative
form. 4) Writing with a reflective nostalgia mixed
with a hint of shadow, Welty appeals to her public
of aspiring writers and also to hopeful students of
literature everywhere.
1)
Gary Soto, in his personal essay “Fear”, explores the
notion that class and race are a factor in how we as a
society interact and are often a contentious sticking
point when power is abused. 2) Using simile,
personification, and character detail Soto develops the
image of Frankie T., the diminutive school-yard bully,
who exemplifies the type of abuse and poverty that the
students in this neighborhood experience. 3) Soto starts
with an anecdote about being bullied by Frankie T. and
then juxtaposes this child to child violence with Mr.
Koligian’s abuse of Frankie in order to show that violence
is not only a fact of life in young Soto’s community, but
also that authority figures feel Frankie and Soto are
expendable. 4) Writing a mournful, glum remembrance
Soto appeals to adults in power and students who have
experience bullying.