Thursday, September 20, 2007

Rhetorical Analysis

Essay "Shades of Black"
Louis Chude-Sokei

Central Claim: "Immigrant status is deployed not against race but against the messy and unresolved tensions of domestic American racial relationships." (pg. 189)

My Central Claim:
"Chude-Sokei effectively relates to the audience that Obama does not surpass race, but instead embodies the strains that go beyond black and white." (pg. 3)

My Revised Claim:
"Louis Chude-Sokei presents his argument in such a way, through claims, warrants, and evidence, that he gains credibility by his knowledge and presentation."

My conclusion:
"Louis Chude-Sokei wrote it to inform and persuade the readers about racial tensions that are in American, between immigrant blacks and African Americans."

1 comment:

Eric Flake said...

The use of more example from the text to support your claim would be beneficial to the paper. The expansion on the frist and fifth paragraph would help. In the central claim it is a little confusing. The use of the phrase "embodies the strains" is difficult to comprhend. Overall the paper is well written I just think that parts of it should be expanded upon.