Today we are going to use the rhetorical concepts we learned on Tuesday, and just went over together in class, to gain and organize information from a research source. We will watch the following videos hoping to learn about the band Screaming Females. We will then use this information to write rich and interesting reviews of their song "Hopeless" from Rose Mountain. We will be using the rhetorical situation both to help us think about what we want to learn from the source--who is this band, what are they like, what are their fans like, why did they create this album, what was their recording process, etc.--and to help us categorize this information once we have extracted it from the video.

So, as you watch this video, make copious notes about what we learn about Screaming Females's ethos, the pathos they generate in their audience, the logos of Rose Mountain (though much of that will come from actually engaging with the album itself), the exigence to which Rose Mountain was a fitting response, and the timelines of the album. The video does not clearly state these things; instead, you will have to make your own observations from watching it. In other words, this is a creative and analytical practice that asks you to pay attention not only to what is said but also actions, images, and auditory cues. Make as many notes as possible, the more information we have, the better reviews we will write.

Now that we have used the rhetorical situation to interrogate our background source and categorize the information, we will use that information to inform our reviews of "Hopeless."

Listen to the track, write a review, and post it in the comments section.