Writing Worksheet · Grades 8–9

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on writing a rhetorical analysis. Students will name which of the four moves a sentence of rhetorical analysis makes, and explain why the analysis is about how a text persuades, not whether the writer agrees.

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Subject

Writing

Grades

Grades 8–9

Skill Focus

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis, essay & paragraph writing

Lesson Length

30 minutes

Learning Objective

Students will name which of the four moves a sentence of rhetorical analysis makes, and explain why the analysis is about how a text persuades, not whether the writer agrees.

Lesson Overview

About this worksheet

This worksheet covers writing a rhetorical analysis for grades 8-9. Page 1 opens with a reference box that teaches the rule and works an example, so a student who has been absent can start without the lesson.

There are 10 problems in all. The short items build fluency; the show-your-work problems ask the student to apply the same rule to a situation and explain the step.

The last page is a complete answer key. The worksheet prints cleanly in black and white on any printer.

How to Use This Lesson

Print one copy per student. The reference box is on page 1, so no separate handout is needed.

Read the reference box together and work its example on the board.

Let students complete the short items independently.

Work the show-your-work problems as a class if the skill is new.

Grade with the answer key on the last page.

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