Envision chapter one is all about Rhetorical thinking. It explains about the strategies people use in text, speech and art to convey a point. Whether that point be political, religious, or their personal opinion, people use rhetorical strategies to convince others of what they believe. But the focus isn’t only showing you how others convince you. The author also aims at teaching you to persuade others effectively.
A key point in the text is something called the rhetorical situation. It illustrates the relationship between the audience, the text, and the speaker. It uses a triangle to demonstrate this. The triangle shows that all three of the aspects of the rhetorical situation are equal as well as connected.
Rhetoric and Rhetorically Analysis have their beginnings as far back as the ancient Greeks. Aristotle characterizes rhetoric as “the ability to discern the available means of persuasion in any given situation.” When this is applied to spoken word, it means that to analyze someone’s speech you must understand what he or she is saying and what motivations the things they are saying.
Aristotle developed his theory long before there was digital media. However rhetorical analysis still manifests itself in the daily grind. The world around us is full of people with an opinion who want to convince you of their own. Common strategies people use to express their opinions are stereotypes, pop culture, or historical evidence. These are effective because everyone can relate to or understand these references making them an effective tool to convey ones message.
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