Understanding Rhetoric
In "Understanding Rhetorics", the author talks about the importance of rhetoric in writing. They start by talking about the spaces in writing, such as where you are writing, the audience, and collaborations and how it all plays into how your writing will turn out. When writing its important to understand and keep in mind the purpose and who you are trying to reach. This will help you frame your ideas better, and narrow down the information you need to add to get your point across. I always have an issue with this, I tend to write "too much" and sometimes it comes off as rambling. Also, space and collaborations make a difference in your writing, when you can have outside input on your writing, it helps you understand if you are communicating the information effectively. I enjoyed how the authors made this into a comic book instead of writing a bland paper bout it. If I had to read a 20-30 page paper on how important rhetoric is, I would be bored and wouldn't retain as much information. However, having this spaced out and in frames and with pictures kept my attention. Having to look back and forth to follow word bubbles and pictures made this reading almost interactive and I took more information from it. Visual representation does help with learning and keeping the reader's interest. Lastly, the author speaks on the beginning of rhetoric, Plato saw it as a way to deceive others, Aristotle saw it as a foundation of education and strengthing writing. I agree with Aristotle because rhetoric is not used to deceive the public, but more to convince them of what is being said matters.
I used lingustic to practice my writing skills and strengthen my communication through writing. I used visual because pictures can say a million words and right now i am demonstrating my frustration with writing so much.