My Rhetorical Analysis
My Rhetorical Analysis
For me my rhetorical viewpoints on reading can vary from person to person without realizing it. Though the most common is with the use of media such as TV, newspapers, radio and other forms of communication. This is one of the forms that we use to implicate rhetorical analysis but also one of the most generally used due to its increase in efficiency and usage over the years. For instance, they say “Even as you read this chapter, more ways to get those messages to you quickly and in a persuasive manner are being developed. Media is constantly asking you to buy something, act in some way, and believe something to be true, or interact with others in a specific manner” (Bolin 46). They try to persuade you into buying something and also help us to evaluate the ethics of messages and how they can affect us personally. Everyone has been influenced by one commercial on TV at least once in their lives and decided they must have this it because they believe it can help affect or cause a new effect to them. For example, I was also affected by trading cards games like Yu-gi-oh and Pokémon when I was a kid and they said it would help me make new friends. It did help me meet new people because they also played and it led me to meet my best friend Ivan in elementary school. Because I was influenced by that message it lead me to encounter new people that I wouldn’t have met otherwise if I was not persuaded by them. We could also go into greater understanding of rhetorical analysis. Since we use rhetoric to help us analyze, understand and different types of rhetoric they have become so commonplace that we don’t even realize were doing consciously and only think as if it were natural. Sometimes they will occur during a specific situation or context. For example a football commercial comes on during specific times of day to perhaps reinforce the message and make you more likely to listen to it. Another way to view is for the audience or the ones listening to these messages. They say “those who are the (intended or unintended) recipients of the rhetorical message” (Bolin 49). Rhetor can make all sorts of choices based on their audience or in other words their targeting group which can be small or big depending on the message they intend to deliver. A third part could be called the constraints of a rhetoric which can be called constrains of decision and action needed to modify an exigence a.k.a urgent need or demand. Constraints can also vary from simple matters to complex situations to problems. For instance, I had to limit the concept of life on a 1000 word essay when I was in high school and was affected by how to write out or explain my reasons, examples, personal experiences, and information for both convenience and understanding for others. These limitations can make it difficult to help get our message across but not entirely impossible so long as we use the correct choice of words we can easily get our message across to anyone provide it we make it as simple as possible.
Works Cited
Bolin, Laura Carroll. “Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. Ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Vol. 1. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor P, 2010. 45-58. Writing Spaces. Web. 27 Jan. 2016.
