Statement of Purpose
Purpose: I am writing a rhetorical analysis on the
Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats website because I feel that it has everything I
am looking for in regards to the analysis of ethos, pathos, and logos of the
pictures and text. I think the website is fun and colorful and I like to eat
shredded mini wheat. I hope that after my audience reads my essay they will
have a good understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos and will know how it
applied in the Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats website. I wanted to communicate
this website to other because I did a paper and presentation about a Strawberry Mini Wheats ad last year in College Writing 1 and I won a contest for it. I
know Kellogg’s ads are full of rhetorical devices so I knew I could do a very
good essay on their website. The best possible outcome of my essay would be
that my audience would be well aware of the rhetorical devices and agree with
my ideas on the Frosted Mini Wheats website. The worst possible outcome would
be that people would not understand what ethos, pathos, and logos are so they
would not understand anything from the analysis. To make the outcome of the
paper positive, I need to make sure to elaborate what ethos, pathos, and logos
means in my introduction to help my audience understand the analysis.
Audience: My audience for my essay should be about college-aged
students. They should have at least a year of English in college and should be
interested in the topic. I think my audience should also like to eat Frosted Mini Wheats so that they will be interested in my topic. Lewis sells Frosted Mini Wheats at every food court and store so Lewis students would be a good
audience for me. I also think my students should be around college age because many
college students eat cereal for breakfast when they are in a rush. I think
college students would be able to relate to my topic.
Context: For my time of communication, I feel that I
should have my audience read my essay in the morning. My audience may have had
breakfast already or may not have eaten at all. Food always draws in people
attention and especially if they are hungry. The place of communication should
be in a classroom. My essay is a proper rhetorical analysis that is very
educational. Being in the classroom my audience will have the state of mind
that they are learning so they can fully grasp my argument and its parts. The
time and place really shape the expectations of the audience. If I had my
audience read my essay at a different time or place they may not think about my
argument or they may just not read it at all. My time and place makes the
audience really think about the topic and understand my argument.
Design Plan
Strategy: For my strategy, I plan to use an essay to
bring forth my argument. I plan to add pictures from the website of the “Minis”
characters and snapshots from the site to help my audience to visualize what I
am explaining. I will also state the parts of the website and stay what they
have to do with the rhetorical analysis.
Ethos: I
will make my paper very proper and similar to an analysis one would find in a
textbook. This will help my audience understand that I know what I will be
talking about. I want to sound very professional when the audience reads my
paper.
Pathos: I
am adding in the pictures from the website that I feel are appealing to the
emotions. I think the “Minis” characters they use for advertisement are cute so
I plan on incorporating them into my text.
Logos: I
will be very descriptive and give many facts from the website to explain my
argument. Adding in lots of facts will help make my work more credible and will
help the audience understand better.
Medium: For
my medium, I plan to present my paper in essay form. I am going to add the
pictures from the website to help with my argument. I plan to make my paper in
MLA format but I am going to use Calisto MT font because I think it looks more
proper than Times New Roman. My font will also be in black and 12 font with a
double space. The audience will feel less overwhelmed by the long text if it is
in double space. I feel this will give the best possible outcome for my
argument of my rhetorical analysis of the Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats
website.
Arrangement: For
the arrangement, I am going to make my essay in proper MLA format. I will start
with my introduction and then body paragraphs and I will then have my
conclusion but I will not title each section of the paper. I am going to have
my pictures on the right side of the page so the audience can read the text
first and then analyze the photos. I feel this will help my audience get my
topic and to be able to link the pictures with my analysis. I will have a Work
Cited page after my essay stating all of my sources. My arrangement is very
generic and typical for an educational essay so my audience will read the text
and understand because they are used to writing papers in the similar format.
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