Rhetoric

Rhetoric, it has been around since before ancient Greece and it is one of the most important components of literature and communication, yet many people have no understanding of it, or even what it is. This may be due to the fact that rhetoric has deep and complicated concepts with so many different perspectives to look at it, or because it is in essence actually so simple. Creating a concrete definition of rhetoric would be extremely difficult because of the many different meanings it has behind it. But when it comes down to it, in its simplest form rhetoric is how and why we communicate our ideas/believes/etc., whether it be through writing, speaking, or a combination of the two. Rhetoric works its way into our lives effortlessly, embodying…

In “What is Rhetoric?” the author says, “ how one says something conveys meaning as much as what one says.” What is Rhetoric? Rhetoric is the art of how the speaker or writer reveal a message to their audience. Authors may use resources to support the intended outcome on the audience feeling on their opinion. It is very important to include rhetoric in your speaking or writing, because it enhances your topic and captures your intended audience interest. Basically authors use rhetoric for the…

The video explained what rhetoric is, which is a variety of different components. It points that rhetoric is misconstrued as a form of lies or “bullshit.” This conflicted with my previous thoughts, that rhetoric is just a way to express words deeper than what they seem. My thoughts on rhetoric have now evolved to it now being a form of effective expression or communication of thoughts. It’s how to develop a message so a point is transferred successfully. In other words, everyone is on the same…

Rhetoric. Rhetoric can be easily be described as the core drive of communication. Rhetoric is what the western societies are made off. Rhetoric was born in the ancient Greek during the 8th century. At this period of time, it was commonly used by the sophists would use it. Also known as the wise. These individuals were very skilled poets and teachers and they were willing to teach or give their service to whoever was willing to pay. They were very controversial at this period of time, they were…

analyzed a large variety of different approaches in the study of rhetoric. That analysis finally gave me a much more concrete idea of what the word actually means. One thing that I learned to be absolute though is that rhetoric is in no way a question people put out and then expect it to not be answered. Having taken this class I can now say with full confidence that the notion of “that was a rhetorical question,” is absolute nonsense the truth is that rhetoricians job is argument not…

The success of a communications strategy relies on its ability to persuade the audience of its value. A failure to communicate the value of the message determines whether the objectives of the strategy would be achieved or not. (reference) Hence, persuasion is an important element of any marketing communication. In as early as the 4th century B.C., Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle wrote about the effectiveness of communication in his book, ‘The Art of Rhetoric’. He placed the…

1. Rhetoric is a form of persuasive speaking or writing with occasionally the use of figures and other compositional techniques. It’s a language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience. 2. “One should eat to live, not live to eat.” - Cicero. This statement is an example of chiasmus. 3. An argument is the persuasion that tries to alter your mood, mind, and willingness to do something. You succeed in an argument when you successfully persuade your audience. Fighting…

The following question will look at where I believe rhetoric should go from this point and do so by using identity approaches in rhetoric as well as discuss how rhetoric can be used to analyze other forms of media that the course didn’t dive to deep into, such as poetry, the invention of identity of animals on social media, how social media can shape new musical and or social identities. Throughout the semester we learned a lot about the theoretical significance of rhetoric and how we can use…

I first want to address the stress of my first attempt at writing for an audience who specializes in the art of writing and argumentation. With that being said, the three readings I am focusing on this week (McNabb, Brooke, and Fleming) did precise job of explaining what exactly the art of rhetoric entails and the nature of Rhetoric and Composition as a field of study. I was fascinated with Fleming’s explanation of argument and the origins and models for arguing. I am of the general public who…

Aristotle had a huge impact on the advancement of the art of rhetoric. For two millennia the interpretation of Aristotelian rhetoric has turned into a matter of the historical advances of rhetoric, and not of philosophy. In the most influential anthologies and manuscripts, Aristotle's work was encompassed by rhetorical works and even recorded speeches of other Greek and Latin rhetoricians, and was rarely interpreted as a general overarching work. It was not until recent times that the major…