**If a loose definition of 'Rhetoric is the study of effective speaking and writing and the art of persuasion' (Silva) then how do you see rhetoric affecting your writing not only in this class but in your academic career and beyond?

I see rhetoric affecting my academic career and beyond very much so because it'll give me good grades during school and help me in my future career considering that it is the "art of persuasion."

**These devices are going to be the foundation to your paper, so know them well and how they operate within your writing.

**How important is rhetoric in your life? This might seem like an easy questions but give it some thought and answer. Words in themselves mean nothing it is the meaning attached to them, that make them powerful. That is rhetoric.

Rhetoric is very important in my life, especially now when I have to write persuasive essays and give speeches. It also applies to my everyday life when casually talking to anybody.