Something New and What I Found Interesting:
One thing that I found interesting was Baruch’s student publications. In my high school, I was part of a literary magazine class similar to Baruch’s Encounters Magazine. What I learned that was new was the fact that Baruch doesn’t just have one magazine but two. I really liked the concept of Refract Magazine and wished there was something like that in my high school. I also really like the idea of one-to-one sessions and how any student writer can learn and benefit from that.
What is Rhetoric? Summary and Response:
Simply put, rhetoric is the how and why for a piece of writing. A successful rhetorical analysis disregards the opinions of a claim and instead focuses on how the author presents the claim and for what reason. In the present day, anyone can find rhetoric anywhere. It is merely the interpretation that we present to a writing or any other form of expression.
What makes this section of the reading so good is that it divides the definition into the parts for what is true rhetoric. Subheadings such as, “Artifacts and Texts” and “Using a Lens”, helps give the reader a clearer understanding of what rhetoric is while also becoming more specific with details. Also, by comparing rhetoric to the ‘buying a product that has a certain audience’ it helps establish and connect the term to a scenario that is easier to understand for the reader. I find the history of rhetoric interesting and how differently it can be defined.