Understanding rhetoric is a principle part of being a well-informed consumer as we are not simply being brainwashed by the media. Briefcases: Steps Towards Rhetorical Analysis” by Laura Bollin Carroll explains the necessity of using rhetoric in everyday life. Therefore, just based on the observation we should not make our rhetorical analysis. Then I realized that we should not make a quick judgment just based on the appearance. Surprisingly, when the plane was just about to land, he handed me a book and requested me to accept it as a gift. It was 12 hours flight and throughout the flight, we were having some sorts of conversation. He continued telling the struggles she made to raise him and make an independent man. Then he started showing the picture of her mother and started crying. After having a short conversation with him I came to know that he was traveling back to Dubai to meet his sick mother.
I replied to his question and ask the same question for him. I was a little confused about whether to answer him or not. But soon after the plane departed, he asked where I was from and where was my final destination. Just looking at his appearance, I thought he would be rude and aggressive. After a few minutes, a 35-40 years old Arabic guy sat next to me. In an airplane, my seat was near to the window and I was waiting for the person next to my seat. This incident happened when I was going back to my country a few months ago. I had a similar experience regarding her viewpoint. Based on our past experience and observation, we are quick in making a judgment. In her essay, she also mentioned how we continuously analyzed people and the environment around us. Carroll also mentioned that if we are unable to make rhetoric analysis then we are a mindless consumer and it’s easy to fool us. Understanding the rhetorical analysis is important to make informed decisions and conclusions.
In rhetoric, language and images are used to persuade the audience, and the ability to evaluate it is called rhetoric analysis. Briefcases: Step towards Rhetorical Analysis” by Laura Bollin Carroll was about rhetoric analysis. “Steps towards rhetorical analysis.” Backpacks Vs. Overall, you still might ask yourself what is rhetoric? People might define rhetoric in many ways, but to me rhetoric is simply appealing to the chosen matter by using either ethos logos, or pathos to properly plead your case, sell your ad, appeal to audience, and many more things the goal at the end of the day is to use the three rhetorical appeals in ways of getting an audience’s attention.Ĭarroll, Laura Bolin. For example, throughout out the article she lets us know that, ethos is the credibility one uses in an article, for example using good citing resources, we know that pathos means appeal by emotion which I believe is the best rhetorical appeal but depends on each audience, and a very important on is logos, writer use logos to logically explain ideas in ways that make perfect sense to members of the audience. Your writing must adapt to your specific audience.įinally, she gives us very good explanations of each rhetorical appeals. You might say something, and people may draw a completely different meaning from it than you intended this is very important when you look at who your audience is. As we may have experienced at some point in our lives people often comprehend ideas differently. Secondly, she also talks about implications of rhetorical analysis. This helps us understand how different things catch the attention of people. Not just in the beginning of her article but throughout the whole thing she uses multiple real-life examples that we know most people experience daily. The author, herself uses pathos, logos, and ethos in her way of describing the three rhetorical appeals.įirst, in her writing she begins by saying, “The moment your professor walked in the room, you likely began analyzing her and making assumptions about what kind of teacher she will be.” (45) She uses this quote to catch our attention as student. In this article, written by Laura Bolin Carroll, Rhetoric and the importance is explained in a variety of different ways.
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