Blog 7A

          Visual, compare and contrast, and description are a few types of subject specific rhetorics. By using these types of rhetorical terms for your paper, the audience gains a clearer pathway through the paper. It allows for more comprehension and the audience may even gain meaning from the text. Adding a visual aid is always a good idea. Our culture is visual based; everyone has to see it to believe it. The writer of an effective paper will reach a desired audience very easily by using one or many of the subject specific rhetorical terms and by using visual persuasion. Visual persuasion is a how so many companies, authors, and artists are gaining recognition. Everywhere we go, no matter what country, people get charmed by the visual imagery every day.

          A few rhetorical tools are subjective/ objective detail, flashbacks, gazes, purpose, and propaganda. Subjective and objective detail is used when describing something or someone. Subjective is used to describe the intangible aspects such as a characteristic, personality trait, or a memory. Objective detail is used to describe the stuff that one could touch such as the color hair, the color of clothing, and the description of the background. Flashbacks is tool used in texts that takes the narrative back in time. There is a change in verb tense making it very clear for the audience to see. Flashbacks are used by authors to create a mood, setting, or to set up a feeling or emotion for the audience. Gazes are used by the rhetor to show their opinions and are mainly used to convince an audience to feel or act in a certain way. Purpose is the reason behind writing the text. The purpose could be to reflect, inform, persuade, or evaluate. Propaganda is a type of rhetoric that can mostly be found in time of war, when there is one side trying to gain more supporters. Propaganda is usually a short text that is aided by a visual that draws the attention. There are many rhetorical tools and terms that can be used in many forms of writing.