Rhetorical Analysis on Bacon's Rebellion Sources

Rhetorical Analysis: Sir William Berkeley’s “A History of Our Miseries” Edited by Wilcomb E. Washburn
URL: http://www.jstor.org/pss/1915651

Who is writing? - Wilcomb E. Washburn is the author of this document.

Who is the audience? – The Audience is anyone who is reading the document.

Who do the writers represent? – Washburn represents William Berkeley during the time of Bacon’s Rebellion.

What is being said, argued and/or requested? – Washburn is saying the reasons Berkeley thought were to blame for Bacon’s Rebellion.

How is it being said, argued and/or requested? – Washburn says it in an essay.

What proof and/or justification is being used to legitimize the request? - The document is legitimate because Washburn is using quotes from Berkeley.


Rhetorical Analysis: Empire’s of the Atlantic World Britain and Spain in America. By: John Huxtable Elliot
URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=mkJwZGbwkqsC

Who is the writing? – Rev. Robert Gray is the author of this quote.

Who is the audience? – The audience is the people moving onto the Natives’ land.

Who does the author represent? – The author represents all the people who don’t agree with moving in on the Native’s land.

What is being said, argued and/or requested? – Gray is arguing that it is not acceptable for the colonists to intrude on the Native’s land.
How is it being said, argued and/or requested? – Gray wrote an angry document discussing his views.
What proof and/or justification is being used to legitimize the request? – This document is legitimate because Robert Gray is stating his own opinion about the land.