As the textbook contains detailed strategies to employ in writing the rhetorical analysis essay, we first studied and discussed the book's organizational suggestions as well as its emphasis on tying the identified rhetorical choices of the writer to the specific audience. We specifically read and studied Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm's anti -war speech to Congress and critiqued a sample student essay analyzing this speech. JP discussed how the topic sentences in the student essay logically support the thesis but critically JP also noted how the evidence within the paragraphs did not support the topic sentences. We further noted where the student essay effectively quoted the speech to create pathos and where the quoted material appeared irrelevant . We further studied a series of sample thesis statements in the book noting how additional detail in the thesis strengthens a thesis statement . Last, we studied differing techniques to employ in drafting a conclusion to a rhetorical analysis essay.