One new thing I learned about this course was that there are five fundamental learning goals that I should be able to meet by the end of the semester. These goals should be able to improve my critical reading and writing skills in order to better prepare me for my future career.
Rhetoric is the study of effective writing and speaking. It is also a form of persuasive language that people use to effectively communicate their thoughts to others. It is a certain way a group of people express themselves to get their message across clearly. People use rhetoric in their everyday language to communicate different conversations in certain ways. This is possible through the use of the three “topoi”: logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is the use of logic and reason to appeal to an audience, pathos is the use of emotion to appeal to an audience, and ethos is the use of beliefs/customs/ethics to appeal to an audience. While using these three topoi, people are able to effectively connect with certain audiences on a certain level while speaking out about different views or beliefs.