My Reflection On Rhetoric

After reading chapter 1 I believe that I have a much better understanding of rhetoric and how I can use it persuasively and responsibly. Prior to reading chapter 1 I often thought of rhetoric as language that is used to further ones own agenda by misleading and deceiving. I would often associate rhetoric with one of my mission companions who would teach in a style to investigators that I felt was misleading and deceiving. While he was a skilled and powerful orator that was persuasive in many ways his teaching style would come off as threatening and torturous and I felt that at times that he was trying to make individuals make decisions based off of fear. I learned in chapter 1 that this isn’t true rhetoric and how it is meant to be used. Rhetoric