Using Rhetoric In Schools

Rhetoric used to be a common subject taught in schools since the days of Socrates and Aristotle; however, recently schools have drifted away from including this common practice as a part of the common core. Rhetoric has many values in the real world and should be taught in high schools today.

I believe that mastering rhetoric is essential for the daily life. We are constantly talking and debating, always trying to persuade people. And it requires some factors, such as being connect with the person you are convincing and how the person perceives your message as well. I would say that rhetoric is a style of an argument that is filled of language devices that one can use in order to persuade his or her audience. I have learned that rhetoric is something I use constantly in my everyday life. I had not noticed I have been using the persuasive appeals of ethos, pathos and logos, that I read the website called Boundless.com (https://www.boundless.com/writing/textbooks/boundless-writing-textbook/introduction-to-the-practice-of-writing-1/rhetoric-8/rhetoric-and-argumentation-42-7909/)

The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like, argument from strength, and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is to persuade the audience. He showed that the chief purpose of arguing is to also achieve consensus, a shared faith in a choice.

Well-Known writer and author, Jay Heinrichs, in his book, thank-you-for-arguing, describes persuasive decisions, argument tools and how to use them when arguing or persuading your audience. Heinrichs purpose is to teach his audience how to use rhetoric and to teach us to argue without anger instead, be apathetic. He adopts an influential tone in order to reveal to his readers that the world of argument has a better way to persuade with logics.

The novel Thank You For Arguing written by Jay Heinrichs teaches us the persuasive tactics behind an effective argument. Heinrichs emphasizes the importance of rhetoric by adapting persuasive tools to modern day situations. A former journalist and now an advocate for rhetoric, Jay Heinrichs has aimed to restore the art of persuasion by teaching it to his audience.

In Thank You for Arguing, written by Jay Heinrichs had introduces to the reader about the rhetoric concepts and strategies that give us to understand more about offense and defense in an argument. He is not just to explain the concepts to the readers for how to build up a stronger argument but to make the readers to know what purposes that argument puts in our lives. Although rhetoric tools is hard to fits in our everyday life, Heinrichs still would help us to gain more ability on utilizing the knowledges of the rhetoric concepts, and convinces us to influence on our behavior that act in the argument.

Rhetoric is a significant part of our everyday lives. Whether it's convincing our friends to go to a concert on the weekend, to go to a certain place for lunch, or even convincing yourself to do something that you should but don't want to do. Rhetoric is all around us today. Billboard ads, television commercials, newspaper ads, political speeches, even news stories all try, to some degree, to sway our opinion or convince us to take some sort of action. If you take a step back to look and think about it, rhetoric, in all actuality, shapes our lives. Every day we have an array of options of things to do or things to buy. So every day, our opinion or actions are being influenced, however minutely, by rhetoric.

We use rhetoric every day without even realizing it. Correctly using rhetoric on a specific group of people can drastically increase an arguments’ strength. Benjamin R. Barber wrote an article conveying his research on the failing school systems in the U.S titled America Skips School published in Harper’s Magazine. Barber uses rhetorical elements like ethos, pathos, and logos to build his argument. He establishes his credibility and then emotionally connects with his audience and explains who and what is to blame for the lack of quality education in America. Once he establishes a solid connection using these

The tool of argumentation has been used throughout the entirety of history. Arguing can occur in many different situations, yet most have a misconceived interpretation of what the term actually is. According to author Jay Heinrichs, an argument is properly defined as having the ability to “convince your opponent, or enemy, by changing his mood, his mind and his willingness to act” (Heinrichs, 15). Heinrichs also claims that to be able to master the art of arguing, one must be able to persuade anyone to do anything. In order to establish one 's standpoint on a position, one must possess a range of tools to be able to properly convince an audience. The two texts “Time 's Up For Title IX

The word rhetoric is a form of literature that is used when one is trying to be effective in speaking and writing. Most people will utilize rhetoric writing at the same time they are trying to write a persuasive essay and not even know it. Not only is it used to persuade but also to motivate the reader on a specific topic or subject. I believe its the most effective style of writing and speaking that there is. This brings me back about two years ago when I wanted a fast sports car for my 17th birthday. I knew it wasn't going to come easy since my parents were very aware of my poor driving habits. This is when I realized I was going to have to be rhetoric, so I did just that. First, I researched all the important safety features the car had.

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 purpose of this auto-ethnography is to examine how rhetoric and environments of secondary schools contribute to school-to-prison pipeline. In the following sections I present the reasons for engaging in this research, the purpose, goals, findings and explanation of how this research will help me achieve my career goals.

My journalistic experience has been a learning experience that I have enjoyed. I have been in convergence media for my school for two years, and I don’t regret it at all. If it wasn’t for Ms. Roni Henderson, I would have never discovered what I want to do in life, as quickly as I did. My goals for the future, is to become a video editor for sports(ESPN) or the news. I want to gain so much knowledge that I learn how to expand what I can do to for the whole world to see. Activities I have done in high school includes: Student Government, Cat program(engineering program), Honors English (9th grade), Track, Church League Basketball two years(champions 2 years), bronze on workkeys test, convergence media award, participated in news show events,

I would like to add that the purpose of rhetoric is to persuade people of what you contemplate to be the truth, the purpose of argumentation is to discover the truth. Contrasting rhetoric, arguments are open to multiple perspectives. Decent opinions provide evidence and reasons and offer feedback analysis. Knowing how to identify parts of an argument allows us to visualize the entire argument.

Because persuasion is such an important part of a young adult’s future, it is important that rhetoric is taught in schools. In ancient Greek cities, like Athens, “ordinary citizens were required to speak in the Assembly or courts [...] as there were no attorneys or professional politicians” (7). The Greek stressed the importance of rhetoric in their everyday life and was just as significant to their successful society, as it is to American society now, even if one does not intend to becoming a lawyer. With the ever growing competition for employment and the creation of jobs based on innovation, it is essential one knows how to persuade a business owner into believing that he or she is the one for the job. It is also important to know rhetoric