For this blog post, I want you to explore what rhetoric is--how it is defined and used, why it is important to know and understand, how it connects to writing, what it means to you in the class and perhaps in your major. Use the reading to ground your post, but also begin to synthesize (this means taking your thinking past a summary) to make connections to the class, to each other, and to yourself as a writer. You can also use this post to explore what rhetoric means today in our society--the ways in which people practice it (often without evening realizing it) and how it might be useful for you once you graduate.
Per normal: shoot for 250-500 words. Make specifics connections to the reading and to your peers.
Due: Thursday, January 19 by class time.
