Rhetoric is defined as “how they aim at persuading particular audiences through the careful choices made by the writer in composing the text. “So, basically anytime we are walking to the local coffee shop or driving to a far destination, and maybe even taking a bus trip, we see rhetoric everywhere. Any place we go, there is someone trying to persuade us into joining something or purchasing a product. We are the targets of today’s society. And this is especially true with writing. Whether we are reading the newspaper and glance at the ads on the side or notice the flashy writing on a billboard, writing is all over the place trying to get out attention as a society. Depending on whom the author is trying to target, the text is different. For the culinary adult, it may be a cooking magazine, but for teenage girls, it could be Seventeen magazine.
When we are having an argument about a certain text or writing, rhetoric is used as a practical way of proving something. For example, in a speech you would use rhetoric to argue for or against an object or idea. In order to do the right observations about rhetorical writing, you have to ask certain questions. Specifically, you have to ask questions about the text and its message and the writer and his/her context. And this is especially true for comics. Many are political and controversial, which makes for the perfect rhetoric examination. Proving that rhetoric is not only just text, but it’s expanding through multimedia and auditory/visuals.
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