Have you ever had someone tell you “you write how you speak” and that being a bad thing? Well the reading “What is rhetoric?” has definitely made me understand what my English professors meant by that statement.  This particular sentences from  What is rhetoric, “a writer needs to reflect on the elements of the rhetorical situations, ask questions, and consider how they influence one another” gave me a clear view on what my mistake as a writer is. As logical as it sounds, now that its brought to my attention, that’s exactly what i’m missing in all of my writing. The four common rhetorical appeals mentioned on page 42, informed me of the different ways we use rhetoric. As a sales person, I could definitely use the rhetorical appeals of value, reason, credibility and rhetorical appeals of style to my advantage. Rhetoric is not only used in writing but also at work, “but also to invent your own responses to the world”.