Rhetoric
I just wanted to add onto what Katie said about the rhetoric lecutre. It's amazing to think about how advertising agencies can take our own natural human qualities and use them against us to benefit in the economy. Understanding the concept of rhetoric enables us to look at commercials and understand why we receive the urge to purchase various items, and then later question why we bought it in the first place. Almost everyone can relate to this impulse, watching a catchy commercial on TV and responding in the way that the advertisers hope.
Because rhetoric relates to our everyday lives, I found it one of the most interesting subjects to learn about.
posted by Anonymous @ 9:20 p.m.
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Tawny... I just wanted to comment onto your post to say that I totally agree with you about rhetoric being one of the most interesting subjects so far, I found it more enjoyable because unlike some of the other topics I was able to, like you said, apply it to my everyday life. Also, like you mentioned it is easy to relate to especially with the example of advertising... even when I read the Pine article where he gives examples of the the way advertisers use rhetoric I was initially manipulated by the claims that the companies made in their ads!
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