Where is Rhetoric?

I did not know how prominently rhetoric was featured in our everyday lives.  It is impossible to walk across campus without seeing thousand different types of rhetoric.  A popular form of rhetoric in today’s society is the newspaper.  The newspaper can be unique for the different types of rhetoric found in a newspaper.  The articles in the newspaper attempt to persuade your opinion or alter the way you view things.  Cartoons can attempt to inform you on current events or even shape the way you view them.  Ads are trying to persuade you what separates them from other products.  I know what you’re thinking.  Are the only forms of rhetoric found in paper prompts like the newspaper or your English textbook?  No, you can turn on the TV along with thousands of other Americans and be exposed to rhetoric that way as well.  If you’re watching the news the anchors are verbally informing you and showing you what to believe.  A commercial comes on and the marketer is targeting you to buy that Apple IClicker 2 for 50 bucks because it’s the newest and best and they promise you that the IClicker 2 is so great, there won’t be any need for there to be an IClicker 3 the next year.  You’re tired of false advertising so you turn to ESPN.  Even though you don’t care one bit about the Little League World Series it’s better than watching a bunch of old dudes play poker because someone somewhere thinks sitting in a chair and saying “fold” constitutes as a sport.  Little do you know that the announcers at the baseball game are telling you what to believe about the kid on first base who is eleven years old but is 6 foot 5 and claims he can’t spell out steroids.  Do you think you can get away from all the rhetoric that takes place in everyday life?  You think going on a walk will help you get away from the rhetoric?  Little do you know that you are going to walk by a poster on campus that tells you how much more fun you would have if you would join their club.  That statue you pass?  Another example of how rhetoric invades your life.  Rhetoric is heavily involved in everyday life.