Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students: Rhetoric Activity
One place where I see rhetoric being used constantly, aside from television, is in the checkout line at the local supermarket. The items I am talking about in this situation are gossip magazines. There are at least five different ones in each line and every one will have some kind of insight on the lives of the current celebrity. However, many of these magazines are mostly fabricated and their main purpose is to grab the public and persuade them to buy this magazine full of opinions and propaganda. It is hilarious to see that most of the stories will be given by "a source close to the celebrity" but never a major reliable source is ever present to back up the magazines "facts" of a particular person or event they are covering. Also many of these magazines will have outrageous headlines that always make me wonder why anyone would ever believe it and waste their money. I wonder if these magazines rhetoric ability is just that good to persuade a reader or that the reader's life is just too dull and is indulging in the magazines as something to look forward to.
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