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WhitneyGrady
UWRT1104
Raymond,Lynn
MyFamilyandI
Rhetoricalknowledgeistryingtoappealtothecrowd,throughpersuasion.Inthiswriting
promptIwilltouchonseveralwaysthatwilldescribethemanyessaysthatIreadthathelpedme
inbecomeabetterwriterinall.Whenwritingarhetoricalessaymostwritersappealtotheir
audiencethroughargumentsandemotionalappeal.Iaskedpeopleiftheyreallyevenknewwhat
rhetoricalsituationwasandmostofthemsaidtheydidnt.ThroughthispromptIhopetohelp
themoutalittlemore,andmakeiteasierforthemtounderstand.
MyUWRTclasshasbeenworkingonasemesterlongprojectthatsdueattheendofthe
semester.Throughthiswholeprocessofproducingthisprojectwevehadtoworkonvarious
smallprojectsduringit.Theprojectthatreallyhelpedmewasmystudio3project.BeforeIdid
thatprojectIhonestlyknewnothingaboutrhetoricalsituation,havingtodigdeepandfind
informationreallyhelpedmeoutalot.InmyprezithatImadeforstudio3Ihadtopersuademy
bestfriendthatitwasworthmegoingtoHawaii,andIneededhertotakenotesformewhileI
wasgone.Anotherthingthathasreallyhelpedmeoutweretheveryopinionatedclass
discussionswevehadinthepast.Mostofthemtouchingoninequality,andotherson
stereotyping,somepeoplehadopinionslikeracismisstillheresoIhadtoturnmyopposing
answeraroundandpersuadethemthatracismwasstillhere.Themostchallengingthingforme
wasjusttryingtounderstandrhetoricalsoIknewwhattodoinmystudio3.Inhighschoolmy
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teachersdidnotteachmethesethings.Learninghowtouserhetoricalthinkinghasreallytaught
mealot.