Sunday, October 4, 2015
My Definition of Rhetoric
My definition of rhetoric is; an art of communication or thinking usually in writing. Rhetorical thinking involves a series of steps you use to question yourself into making the most out the situation at hand. Thinking rhetorically applies in every situation in life. It is a very helpful tool and skill in communication in all situations. When you think and act rhetorically, you use a type of process where you set up your thinking to really analyze and understand the situation. For example, if you were going to write an essay you would want to think and write rhetorically to make the most effective and accurate essay. To think and act rhetorically you would consider your genre, your tone, the audience, your purpose, your stance, the context, and the medium or design you chose. Clarifying all of these steps keep you and your essay on track to the main goal. Doing all of these things is causing you to write rhetorically and will make what you are trying to communicate much more clear and easy to explain. Rhetoric thinking is much more than writing an essay. It is something we can learn to do and make habit to use in all writing and every day communication with one another.
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Holly, your definition of rhetoric was great. You pointed out how by thinking rhetorically it helps you achieve a good essay. In my definition I barely mentioned the writing process, but mainly focused on the actions. Amazing job!
ReplyDeleteHolly, I really like that you brought up the idea that thinking rhetorically applies in every situation in life. That really shows how significant thinking rhetorically is to us. You did awesome, as always. :)
ReplyDeleteI like how you clarified that rhetoric was more than writing and that it was something we can make a habit of in daily communication.
ReplyDeleteI like how you connected using rhetoric as a habit I didn't think of that, and also how you list all the steps you would use to think and act rhetorically.
ReplyDeleteI like how you talked about rhetorical thinking becoming a habit. That's an awesome point
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