Analyzing and Re-analyzing: Synthesizing Rhetorical Analyses Rhetorical analysis is the breakdown of a certain piece of work to explain the overall effect that the piece creates. Remember that a rhetorical analysis is not summarizing but taking a position on whether the overall piece is sufficient. The process of this analysis may be difficult depending on what type of piece is being analyzed, e.g. visual or written. Many little details should be paid attention to when writing an analysis; it can be easy getting involved in the piece and not paying attention to the important aspects. Even though there are plenty parts to take into consideration, the three main parts that play a huge role in determining the adequacy of a piece are the author, audience, and purpose. The author is one of the main parts in understanding a piece of work. There are always two types of authors, the “actual author” and the “implied author.” Both are important; however, do not focus too much on the actual author, focus on the way the author presents themselves throughout their work. As described in Source C, Miller states that the implied author, the author the reader imagines, and actual author, the person(s) who wrote the text, are two different things. She even suggests that it would be much easier to make assertions about the implied author because to make assertions about the actual author, you need historical information on them. This is significant because gathering information on the actual author just wastes time when all the sufficient information you need on the author is in already there for you. This information shows the author’s implied self and everything they want to portray to their audience. An author also has many limitations, as said in Source D, “…writers are also limited by their own knowledge, by their perspectives on a topic, by their values, by their