Rhetoric: A Career As A Career

Rhetoric is a course in which students are taught the values of persuasion. And yet, behind this course is the utmost power to corrupt the world, changing it into a world of our own policies. This power, even though seldom discussed, has lead to many intriguing discoveries. One such discovery is how people are able to shape the world they live in simply by choosing the right words. Therefore those who would want the world to be a better place must protect this power. If in the wrong hands this power could cause serious damage. Several authors have striven to protect rhetoric and its power. Few agree on the matter of defining rhetoric, but they know that they must protect rhetoric from dark souls. A single definition of rhetoric must maintain a simplistic nature while incorporating every aspect of rhetoric. However, I argue that rhetoric is a means of persuading audiences of a situation and a particular reality through language and personal appeal. In order to prove this definition I will discuss how rhetoric creates a situation, the shaping of a different reality, the audience, the use of language, and the personal appeal. Finally, I will demonstrate the absolute need for rhetoric.

The artifact I chose for this week is a famous speech given the popular HBO TV show the Newsroom. This speech is given by a guy name Will McAvoy. Will McAvoy is doing a Q/A in lecture hall when he gets ask the question “Why is the US greatest country on Earth?” Two other people answer the question with the usual “freedom” talk. His answer starts off similar theirs. However, he starts giving an unusual answer where he claims America is not the greatest country on Earth.

Rhetoric is something that at least everyone uses in his or her everyday life. Rhetoric can be used in the form of social media, politics and even making the decision on how you are going to communicate. In the Youtube video titled In Defense of Rhetoric: No Longer Just for Liars, Professor, Dr. Ann George states rhetoric as how we persuade each other or how we make arguments. George believes we can do this by the words we use, the gestures we make and the facial appeals that can break down the language and encourage the argument one might be making.

In his article “If Technology Is Making Us Stupid, It’s Not Technology’s Fault,” David Theo Goldberg effectively informs the reader about the effects that computers in the home and school environment could have on the future education of the coming generations. Goldberg achieves this by executing defined organization and adding unique comparisons about the potentially crippling effects technology can have on a society when put into the wrong hands.

The Art of Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is used to persuade with credibility, emotion, and logic. Which is essentially relating to the existence of ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the credibility of the speaker. Whether it is work, life experience, education, trusted sources, reputation, etc. Pathos is the emotion and visualization of feelings of the subject. Whether it is a kid, a baby, happy, laughing, or upset mood, poverty, death, etc. Logos is the logical facts and information by a trusted brand or speaker. The Art of Rhetoric can be found in speeches, lectures documentaries, news stories, and blogs. One great example in which the the Art of Rhetoric is established in is the documentary “Waiting for Superman.” The broken education

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography in which Mr. Douglass tells his life story. He was born into slavery and experienced many harsh realities that shaped his life. Frederick Douglass was a free black man at the time in which he told this story. He is writing to his audience to inform them about slavery. His claim is that slavery is bad and must be stopped. His experiences help form his rhetoric as a credible speaker; His use of pathos truly develops the negative emotional and physical aspects of slavery on slaves.

As we read this passage it is full of different rhetorical strategies and the reason they were put in there. The writer’s style is the way he uses his language and the rhetorical strategies that he might use to enhance his writing. As I read the passage I came across syntax which is the war he puts his words to send the reader a message, and ad hominem arguing his point against the person instead of the argument. The rhetorical used in the reading is used cleverly enough to prove a point.

Rhetoric is a powerful tool to be used for writing, speaking, and engaging the audience. It can be used in almost every aspect of life, and understanding it is a great way to persuade an audience. It has been used extensively since its creation by ancient Greeks all the way through today. One example of rhetorical strategy an advertisement is from the Frontier Post, the advertisement consists of car keys being display in a manner that portrays them as a gun with the text “ takes a life every every 25 seconds” and “Drive Safe”. This Pakistani ad was a viral hit back in 2014(streetsblog.org).

The Rhetoric Process is to understand your audience, speaker and subject. The speaker must present his or her information in a way that they will be clear and concise so the audience will understand what is being presented. The identity of the speaker which effects the argument is called Ethos. The audience will want to know why you are discussing the topic and who the speaker is. If the argument is presented well, the audience will be persuaded on the topic. When communicating with the audience, the speaker must avoid using complex terms and explain things when it’s necessary. This is Pathos which focuses on the audience and their feelings towards what is being presented to them. The subject is the message that the speaker has prepared to

The Art of Rhetoric is when a speaker or author tries to persuade a specific audience to their point of view. The Art of Rhetoric can be found in many places: advertisements, documentaries, commercials, politicians on the campaign trail, and even teenagers trying to get out of trouble. The Art of Rhetoric consists of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos.

Scholarship in the field of rhetoric and composition is heavily focused on how to improve student writing and understanding (learning) in first-year composition classrooms and in the academy more broadly. This interest has led scholars to explore the experiences and struggles of faculty in rhetoric and composition, particularly the ways graduate students, adjuncts, and minoritized faculty groups (women and people of color) are relegated to carrying the heaviest teaching loads for the least pay, having few resources and little institutional support, and little or no training or professional development. While these areas have been explored in depth, very little research has focused on the training of graduate teaching assistants tasked with

Rhetoric has value and should be taught in schools because students can be prepared for the future by understanding the difference between an argument and a fight and use rhetoric to their advantage to achieve success in life.

writing skills, but I was not taught very much about rhetoric, and as soon as I encountered new rhetorical situations in different classes, I would feel panic and have a hard time adapting my writing. Once I learned about rhetoric, I could write at least fairly well within any rhetorical situation. I actually spent years working as a reference book author, writing books on subjects completely unrelated to my field of study, and I could do this successfully because I knew how to analyze my rhetorical situation and adapt my writing to that rhetorical situation. (Sands par.

Through college years, I took written rhetoric, oral rhetoric and visual rhetoric but I never think about why do I need to take those classes. Why are those classes be required course in college time? And also what the relationship between those three class?

Yes, how many people will actually find a success job without education? I agree with that it is because if we spend our life for schooling and several more years of our precious times in university, and then one fine morning someone comes and says that all you have done is not required for success. When asked for proof, they say 'look at Steve Job!' But in my opinion, success is not a just matter of building a huge firm from scratch and making billions of dollars. In fact, only a little amount of people in the world could be considered successful. For me, Success is more about of your talents and abilities that you can make, and that requires loyalty and study in academic institutions that will extend you intellectually. Therefore,