Week 12 - Posting 12

What is your understanding of the word "rhetoric?" What is your definition? What do you think constitutes rhetoric (is it our appearance, the way we dress, the things we say, the way we act, etc.)? Where do you hear the word rhetoric being commonly used in American society? Is its use generally in a positive or a negative context? Do you think there might be a rhetoric that coincides with your subculture? If so, what is it? How might you utilize rhetoric in constructing your mini-ethnography or your final portfolio?