Name of Author and Piece
Use Page Numbers as Appropriate
• Thesis or Claim
• Tone or Attitude
• Purpose
• Audience and Occasion
• Evidence or Data and How is It Used
• Appeals: Logos, Ethos, Pathos
• Assumptions or Warrants (What Claims Lack Evidence)
• Style (how the author communicates his message: rhetorical mode,
rhetorical devices, which always include diction and syntax)
• Organizational patterns found in the text, i.e., main idea detail,
comparison/contrast, cause/effect, extended definition, problem/solution, etc.