When I walk into a class on the first day, I usually scan the room and hurry to sit in the back. I sit in the back, not to not pay attention, but to be able to view everyone. I can see how conversation flows once a professor asks something, I can see who is going to do the work vs who will not, and I can use these cues throughout a class to further structure my idea of what the professor is looking for. I basically am using the rhetoric put out by classmates and the professor, to enhance my classroom experience. Rhetoric is a great persuasive device with the right audience and understanding constraints. For example if I wanted to voice my opinion about eating meat and its effect on climate change, and the purpose was to get people to stop eating meat, then my audience would definitely not be vegans or vegetarians. Constraints for this scenario could be anything that, “limit[s] the way the discourse is delivered or communicated.” (Carroll 49). I really like how the article “Backpacks or Briefcases” by Laura Bolin Carroll, explained rhetoric, how it is affected and how it applies to daily life. Rhetoric is different for everyone; we all interpret differently, have different opinions about the world and have been put in different situations. Our experiences are a big part of what shapes who we are. Whether we decide to wear tennis shoes or heels, a skirt or running shorts, or decide to carry a backpack or a briefcase, that is our rhetorical display.
01/12/2020
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