Unit 1- Essential Question Reflection

Speakers and writers use Rhetorical devices to communicate their ideas.  While there are many different techniques and devices they use, their main purpose is to get an audience's attention and to give them an understand of what point they are trying to get across.  Often, speeches and text are meant to be persuasive, in which case a Rhetor may use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos to get an audience to agree with their opinion.  They can also convince an audience by their tone, arrangement, and the words they use depending on the context.  Different Rhetorical devices are required for various subjects and context.  A Rhetor will use them according to what idea they need to communicate to others.