week 12...post 12

To me rhetoric, is the use of language and words to get your reader to better understand what you are trying to convey, and sometimes used for persuasive essays and pieces. I would say that the most common use of the word rhetoric is in a rhetorical question, or a question that doesn't need to be answered. I would say that this is usually used in a positive light, but I could see where it could be used in a negative way as well. I do not really see where I could used rhetoric, maybe to persuade someone to like smoking, or to understand the subculture better. That is the only way I could see me using rhetoric in my final portfolio and my mini-ethnography.