Part B Prepare to discuss the text you selected by reading it independently. Record your thoughts about the passage in the
following chart. You may need to conduct additional research to support your understanding of certain elements of the
argument, particularly the situation and audience.
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Situation:
Purpose:
Audience:
What is the rhetorical situation and how does it
influence the argument?
SPAMIT (situation, purpose, audience, message.
individual, tone)
Message:
Individual:
Tone:
What is the author's claim?
What evidence and examples does the author use to
support the claim?
I
How does the author use rhetorical strategies to
develop the argument?
What key idea(s) does the author imply?
What key idea(s) does the author explicitly state?