By: LAUREN LANDIN
Staff Writer
Asking questions in or outside of class, sending text messages, and arguing on your phone, are all forms of communication that differ from each other. These are good examples of a conversation and or debate. All types of people should perfect rhetoric and persuasive types of communication because it one hundred percent affects everyone on a daily basis. During debates or conversations if the person is familiar with rhetoric, they will be able to turn the conversation into something that is beneficial only for them; Jay Heinrichs, a college professor and the author of Thank You for Arguing, points out that “Present-tense (demonstrative) rhetoric tends to finish with people bonding or separating. Past-tense (forensic) rhetoric threatens punishment. Future-tense (deliberative) argument promises a payoff. You can see why Aristotle dedicated the rhetoric of decision-making to the future” (30). Aristotle proves that rhetoric is connected with appealing to persuasion, in which tools are used to convince an audience. He appeals using ethos, logos, kairos, and pathos.