Thinking and Acting Rhetorically

My definition of thinking rhetorically is receiving information and being able to decipher what it means, and what the deeper meaning is. When applied to a paper, someone who thinks rhetorically about it thinks about how they need to set up their paper. They decide what steps are best for them and what they need to do to finish the paper in a timely manner. The figure out what works best for them when they are writing and think about what the paper is about. They decide what type of paper they need to write, what the subject is, and what makes their paper important and informative. they think about what they need to say to persuade their teacher to give them a good grade as well.

Acting rhetorically is using all of your knowledge to process a situation and react in a way that shows how you feel about it. You can show how you thought about the situation and act to show that. You also act rhetorically when you do the right thing in a situation where you may have more than one option. People who act rhetorically act responsibly and respectfully of their rules and own limits. People know when they are doing something wrong, and rhetorical actors would rather think out the situation and avoid doing something incorrectly. They plan out their time, show up to their commitments, and know how to be the best person they can be.

Together a definition of rhetoric would be: Acting and thinking critically about a situation where they can persuade someone. You need to know who you are in order to think rhetoric and to act rhetoric you need to be able to see the situation and decide how your action affects others.