Rhetorical Knowledge Draft

We learned about rhetorical knowledge in English 112. The rhetorical knowledge includes the appeals triangle and the rhetorical triangle. These triangles each have three parts that we’ve learned are important in writing and also in one’s life.

The rhetoric triangle indicated that an author crafts his or her message with their goals and agenda that will meet the audience’s expectations and needs. In this paper, I am the author. My goal is to write an outstanding evaluation of myself to get an A in English 112. The message that I’m crafting is to prove that I’ve learned something in English 112 and to provide evidence. My audience is my professor, who expects me to provide enough evidence that will prove I’ve learned the outcomes of English 112.

The appeals triangle includes ethos, pathos and logos. Ethos deals with one’s reputation, credibility, trust and identification. An author needs a good ethos to ensure to his or her reader that what the author is saying is true and competent. Logos deals with logic and facts. The effect of logos is it evokes cognitive and rational response. Pathos deals with persuasion by using one’s emotion. In order to communicate successfully, a rhetorician must know who their audience is, the purpose of the message, and which appeals to use.

Rhetorical knowledge is also where we learned to analyze tasks, formats and genres and link claims and evidence to them. We also learned how to research effectively to achieve particular rhetorical purposes. An example of this is the argument analysis we were assigned to write. Here’s a link of my argument analysis. Lastly, we learned to deliver academic texts properly in print, digital, visual, or oral modes.

These are the outcomes of rhetoric knowledge that I’ve learned in English 112. The rhetoric triangle, appeals triangle, and to research effectively and deliver texts in many ways without losing credibility and meet the audience expectations and needs.