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Helen
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<p style=”margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9.0pt; color: black;”><span style=”background: #FBFBFB;”>I have previously learned rhetorical terms and rhetoric before coming to this class. It’s similar in ways that rhetoric is used to persuade someone of something, and how the aspects of rhetoric also play an important role to effectively persuade a person. In my previous years of learning writing, rhetoric was purely based on researching subjects in order to establish a platform to debate off on. In this class, it’s different due to the fact that we deeply study the effects of rhetoric terms in relationship to the overall language and composition of the genre. One example is my source-based essay, the composition of the essay came from the organization of the rhetoric terms such as author, genre, tone, purpose, ad language. On the other hand, my previous classes used rhetoric as a way to project our stance on different topics verbally in class. </span><span style=”background: #FBFBFB;”>My understanding of the rhetorical terms have increasingly improved since the beginning of the semester. I have grown to deeply think about how rhetoric can be utilized to fully convince someone who may not believe in the stance given. Every time I’m reading the news or text outside of class, I already start establishing the rhetoric of the article before I even realize it. It has increased my reading skill which makes me a better reader, thus, making me a better writer as well. </span><span style=”background: #FBFBFB;”>Other writings that I have encountered in other classes this semester are reflections on historical events and scientific term papers. Since these writings are more factual and straightforward, there’s minimal usage of rhetoric. Despite this, it’s good to see how bias can significantly change a piece of writing to include or exclude crucial information advantageous to their point. </span><span style=”background: #FBFBFB;”>I first organized my essay by choosing all the sources that I was going to use from the CCNY database. In each source, I listed the rhetorical terms present in the sources from author to purpose in order to make sure that I was including all the terms in my essay. Moreover, I wrote my introduction based on the chronology of the sources and how it’s rhetoric influences the stance at the end. Before even writing my essay, I was already able to see how my essay looked like. By being extremely organized at first, it was easier to check and proofread for any flaws within the paper. Of course, by doing so, the process of writing this paper has become easier to do.</span></p>