Rhetorical Analysis

Amanda Gridley

English 250

A.R. Mallory

February 5th

Rhetorical Analysis

One of my more recent rhetorical analysis’s was done during my senior year of high school. It was during the second half of the second semester of my AP English class, when we began to study and analyze different elements of movies, and how they represented different aspects of the point the director was tying to make.

The first movie that we did a rhetorical analysis over was “Avatar.” This was my personal favorite out of all the movies we observed, because a lot of different concepts were covered and I learned a lot. The class discussed how the creator of the movie, accomplished their purpose of creating a great action/adventure/fantasy/sci-fi, as was the goal, and had great character development and organization. We guessed that the purpose was for quality entertainment, and we believed this was accomplished through years of work and good actor selection. 

The audience was also important to keep in mind when creating the movie. Because the movie’s genres are action, adventure, fantasy, and sci-fi, the typical audience are people who enjoy those kinds of movies. Because, most children under the age of 12, don’t typically watch these kinds of genres, more adult content can be added to the context of the movie.

I learned a lot while doing rhetorical analysis's on movies, but Avatar was my favorite because it had purpose, good development and organization, and an intended audience that I was a part of.

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