The two articles that we read about rhetorical analysis so far, this article is the one that I enjoyed reading the most. What is Rhetorical was short and simple. It went straight to the point and I understood everything the author was explaining. Something of the text didn’t surprise me but there was some new information that I got. For example, the different rhetorical appeals was something new. Although, I did know that some of this appeals we do them everyday.
The appeal that I liked and that we practice everyday is the pathetic appeal or pathos. I understood that this appeal is connected to emotions. The example they gave us was very relatable. There are songs for every emotions and there are different artists that translate these emotions back through music. But as speakers we have to understand the audience who we are speaking to to understand their values. As the article mentions, who we speak to shapes what we say or write.