ENGL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rhetorical Situation, Usenet Newsgroup
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The writer"s harbrace handbook chapter 1: reading, writing, and the rhetorical. Rhetoric: the purposeful use of language, permeates your daily activities, helping you communicate efficiently and effectively, whether you are reading or writing. Every time you pick up a newspaper, glance over the headlines, turn to the sports section, skim over the first page, and then go back to read the story that most intrigues you, you are reading rhetorically. You use rhetoric as you read course-related assignments, newsgroup posting, and syllabi. You write rhetorically as you draft and revise a message aimed at a specific audience. That you hope will help resolve some problem or create some change: understanding the rhetorical situation. When you hear the word rhetoric, you might think of language used to persuade. If you remember that rhetoric is the purposeful use of language, you will soon realize that persuading is not the only reason for using language.
