As I read through my Week 2 blog post, the definition I gave for rhetoric was similar to what other had, it general definition. Other than that, I never really did understood it as much as I had through out the rhetorical course I had taken in the last few months.
There were many ways to strengthen the definition of rhetoric: "Effectively influence an audience of your ideas and thought". First of is the "They say I say" book that we have to read. As we read through a chapter or two, there will be a quiz over what we had read, therefore, giving us a better understanding of rhetoric. Each chapter, in order, gave us knowledge on how a persuasive act show be, and how to construct one.
Another thing that help giving us student better gasp at ultilizing words rhetorically is the vocab quiz, along with the fight club we had each week. There are a handful of vocabulary words we have to study, and having a quiz on, expanding our library of words, which are then used to support our claims during fight club, where we have to argue against our classmate about a specific topic.
I'm glad you have a better understanding of rhetoric. I personally think it focuses a lot on arguing and persuading. The They say I say book helped a lot too. Also, can you give a specific vocabulary word that helped you understand rhetoric?
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