Week 12- Post 12

When I think of the word “rhetoric,” I think of it as the use of language as a means to persuade. Rhetoric, to me, is the way a person’s voice is presented to others, along with that person’s appearance, the things he or she says, and the way he or she acts. A person who acts mature and dresses nicely will probably be thought more highly of by others as opposed to a person who acts immature and dresses trashy. Rhetoric is commonly used in the media, which has brought it closer to people’s daily lives. I think for the most part that it is used in a positive way. Rhetoric can be found in my subculture through the movies that are made to satirized golf course employees. The movies persuade their audience to believe that members of my subculture look and act a certain way. I would like to use rhetoric in my mini-ethnography to persuade people not to believe the stereotypes that are directed at golf course employees. I can use my research and interviews as a way of persuasion as well.