English # 12

My definition of Rhetoric is the effective use of language. I understand it or interpret it as the way we or a person uses a language and how effective their use actually is. I believe each and every individual person has their own rhetoric and they get it by being taught and by the way they grow up, the things they say, and possibly the way they act. When i hear the word rhetoric i automatically think of english class. I dont hear the word very often, really only in an academic setting, or around very high scholarly and high educated people. I feel like not many people know what it means, or use the word in every day speech. I dont think there is a specific rhetoric that is associated with my subculture, therefore i wont be able to use rhetoric by talking about a specific rhetoric that surrounds my speech.