Module 2: Section A
Two Sides, Part 2
Margaret Fuller and the Sexes, Part 2
After reading an excerpt of The Great Lawsuit; Man Versus Men, Woman Versus Women, answer the following questions in order to learn more about early American literature and its rhetorical devices.
The main idea is stated in the last sentence. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.
Third person.
That is up to you. Some ideas: The idea that men don't want to help women achieve equality, the idea of femininity and masculinity being fluid, the idea of men looking for a sign that women are equal.
The subject is the most important.
To Inform. The passage is meant to inform the reader about the nature of men and women, to educate the readers about the subject.
The Informative Purpose in rhetoric can be identified by the following characteristics:
- Point of view: third person
- Focus on the subject with definitions, facts, information, and new ideas
- The reader learns something new
Click on the examples below to see types of rhetoric that INFORM.
| Examples from the story | Types of rhetoric that INFORM |
| "He often discourages with schoolboy brag: Girls can't do that, girls can't play ball." | |
| "Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid." |
