Rhetoric

I've never known the term "rhetoric" until mentioned in class, but I have realized instances where it is used. I also knew that commercials and ads used our emotions and other senses to get their point across or make us feel a certain way. It's used in Above the Influence commercials, car insurance ads, and plenty of others.

I'm not sure on rhetoric as a whole. Trying to answer 'how I have used it' is a little tough, because through my writing, I never really have, or as I can recall, because I've not been required to sway others opinions. But, I have used it in my daily life, whether I'm saying words purposefully to have others feel my side, or whether I'm just giving them the plain facts of a purchase, like explaining to my girlfriend why different cameras are better than others inside Best Buy. I use this to help explain to others why my cellphone is worth the money and how excellent the ideas instilled into it are.

The part I'm blurry about the most within the term rhetoric is Ethos. I don't quite understand the 'self' aspect and wonder how it applies to anything. When I get here I cant find a way to place it onto any matter.

Well that completes post 2.
-Andrew Persin