Press+Conference+Rhetorical+Analysis

As students of rhetoric, presidential press conferences and opinions regarding its content provide excellent opportunities to see how style analysis plays a role in our everyday discourse.

Question: How do texts use elements of style to create and establish their tone?

 * Part I:** Listen to the opening remarks and the president's response to the first question. Click [|here].


 * Part II:** Read the [|transcript] of the opening remarks and response to the first question.

The three links below offer a variety of responses to the president's press conference.
 * Part III:**
 * 1) Read each response.
 * 2) Click on the discussion tab above, follow the directions, and post your group's findings.
 * 3) Remember, you are reading each response while considering how the text establishes the tone.

[|Huffington Post] - After reading the short introduction to this article, be sure to scroll and click on "**Click here** for the actual statistics" to access the charts. [|RedState] [|Slate]