Posting 12 - Week 12

To me, rhetoric has always been brought up in English discussion about language. I think that the correct definition of rhetoric is something along the lines of perfecting English or knowing the English language completely and thoroughly. English shows in your appearance in ways like your voice and the way you carry yourself. Your speech has a lot to do with how you present yourself to other people. However, I don't believe it fixates the way we dress or how we look, it's more so how we sound to others. Our sound can show how other people can see us. Also, I believe that it can be both negative and positive in the context that it is said. If someone says that your rhetoric is scholarly and beautiful, it obviously points more toward a positive view point. I also think that there is somewhat of a rhetoric in my subculture. The only reason I think that is because sororities sometimes have their own language, with words that wouldn't really fit in other circumstances. For example, people outside of sororities may not understand the words: rush, recruitment, baby hooties, philanthropies, etc. I'm going to use these words in my paper therefore I will be using rhetoric, hopefully in a positive way, in my mini-ethnography.