“Backpacks VS Briefcases”

The main point of “Backpacks vs Briefcases” was to introduce rhetoric, explain its significance, and explain the ways in which we are persuaded (ethos, logos, pathos). I took a rhetoric heavy English class my senior year of high school so digesting this article was relatively easy for me to do. However, there were some things that were expanded upon or new to me in the text. It was interesting to learn that rhetoric is truly in everything, not just persuasive writing and advertising. It was also interesting to learn that we use rhetoric even when we aren’t intending to. Considering the fact that I want to go into the marketing and advertising field when I graduate I found the information both interesting and significant. 

This article is related to what we discussed in class because we about to more into a rhetoric heavy unit, which I am very excited for. This article was a really good way to begin this topic, but there were a few parts that were difficult to fully absorb from reading it just once. I think it will be helpful to read it a second time and do a close read like we will be doing during the next class period.