Something New
One new thing that I learned about was all of the resources that the Baruch writing center provides, in particular, the weekly workshop to improve your writing and professional skills. I am curious to see what kinds of tips the professors teach every week. I did hear that the writing center taught you how to organize ideas and structure paragraphs, but what I did not know was that this center also gives you advice and techniques on how to write to potential employers. This is exactly what I need to move on with my internship search. I do not know how to write a cover letter and I am hoping that the Baruch writing center can help me out.
What is Rhetoric?
In summary, rhetoric shows how language can be used to be knowledgeable of others’ choices and how we can in turn make our own choices to communicate more effectively. We can do this by addressing the audience in different ways: logos, pathos, and ethos. Each type of language will have a different outcome for the audience and we can use rhetoric to determine which is the best choice for the situation. From reading these short passages, I learned a lot more about rhetoric than I thought I would. Rhetoric is in everyday life, like ads on Youtube or how we communicate with our friends. Understanding the purpose behind things you do everyday can help me become a better critical thinker and a marketer in my future.