Rhetoric? What's that?

In the beginning of the quarter and starting off WRIT1122 I had absolutely no idea what a rhetor was, a rhetorical appeal,or even what rhetoric was to begin with. This was when I thought this class would surely be over my head. I remember my first question in the class was "what is rhetoric?"

Since then, I have learned a lot from WRIT1122 and have been integrating that knowledge into not just my writing in the class, but in my other classes as well as writing outside of school.

The understanding of the pathos, egos, and logos rhetorical appeals is definitely useful and crucial to deliberately structure a rhetorical argument, but nothing compares to the argument analysis that was taught in class with the claim, the reason, the warrant, the grounds for the reason, and the backing to the warrant. By asking myself when I make an argument whether it be in writing or not if I have included these and if so where have I included them, my arguments have improved greatly.

The letters to the editors have been a great way to practice this.