Taking a rhetorical stance involves tasks such as deciding which language and jargon are appropriate for one 's audience, including the use of casual or formal addresses to the audience, effective transitions, the use of profanity, adjectives, and references to oneself in the first or third person. The central argument is a rhetorical stance cannot be taught with mere theory; it needs to be observed and picked up naturally (Booth 140). Booth claims a writer usually takes the rhetorical stance to communicate an idea or an argument to their intended audience and to keep the tone, language, and rhetorical devices that emphasize the theme consistently throughout their writing (Booth 141). The best writers are those whose rhetorical stances are able to convince the reader that he or she is being personally addressed by a great mind. Readers should feel like they are being guided through what they are reading by the author. Booth concludes by stating that he believes certain people are born with the ability to write and an instinctive capacity for knowing what will resonate with their audience while acknowledging that it is also something which requires experiences and a certain amount of
Taking a rhetorical stance involves tasks such as deciding which language and jargon are appropriate for one 's audience, including the use of casual or formal addresses to the audience, effective transitions, the use of profanity, adjectives, and references to oneself in the first or third person. The central argument is a rhetorical stance cannot be taught with mere theory; it needs to be observed and picked up naturally (Booth 140). Booth claims a writer usually takes the rhetorical stance to communicate an idea or an argument to their intended audience and to keep the tone, language, and rhetorical devices that emphasize the theme consistently throughout their writing (Booth 141). The best writers are those whose rhetorical stances are able to convince the reader that he or she is being personally addressed by a great mind. Readers should feel like they are being guided through what they are reading by the author. Booth concludes by stating that he believes certain people are born with the ability to write and an instinctive capacity for knowing what will resonate with their audience while acknowledging that it is also something which requires experiences and a certain amount of