Essay On Communication And Rhetoric

Communication and rhetoric do not invoke the same meaning, but rather one is a subset category to the other. The vast term of communication takes on rhetoric as a specialized form of the action. This paper will explain the definitions provided and give examples to how each term is to be used accordingly. Communication is an expression in which all people take part, in the hopes to achieve sharing and understanding. Rhetoric is a specialized form of communication that requires a person to develop a mastery pertaining to a certain field. Communication is an essential part to our modern world, in the hopes of understanding one another. The term communication reflects a sense of “utopia where nothing is misunderstood, hearts are open, and expression is uninhibited,”(Peters 2). Communication gains it’s roots from the Latin communicare, which means “to impart, share or make …show more content…
In this example I will focus on the rhetoric of Donald Trump, the republican candidate. Trump’s rhetoric is much more crude and is seen to cause voters to become rather rowdy in at his rallies. In Dr. Smith’s lecture on October 11, 2016, he expresses that Trump uses “bar talk,” which usually only occurs after 3 drinks in a low lit establishment, yet this is how Trump speaks regularly to his supporters and the public. One of Trump’s most controversial statements is the following, “When Mexico sends its people, they 're not sending their best...They 're bringing drugs. They 're bringing crime. They 're rapists,” (Newsday). Trump specializes in a rhetoric focused on fear and violence. Trump speaks on whatever comes to mind, while being entertaining, which has an appeal to voters that want a president nothing like the past office holders. Sophists would approve of Trump’s form of rhetoric, because he is able to persuade and win his way over the