Tara L Kuther's Understanding Bullying

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All the reading from chapter one is very interesting. As mentioned in the book “Rhetoric means the ways writers make their ideas understanding and seek to influence their readers” It means once you get the Rhetoric sensitivity inside, you should be able to know main purpose your audience and context. I will go ahead and choose Tara L. Kuther, “Understanding Bullying ” for rhetorical situation. I came in this conclusion because I believe that bullying is happened any where wit the common people who goes to the school/college and live in the community. I think understanding Bullying” was intended more for general audience. Author hasn’t use social or psychological terminology. Most importantly it is provided with real life stories and evidence,

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