In this unit, even though it was short, I learned more about the different uses of rhetoric that can be found in many social movements that are pro or against said movement. Different creators of the images or videos may use ethos differently to either promote a disdain for their side while others may promote an inclusive understanding to get people to agree. 

I already knew that people should look at social movements with an open mind because many of us including myself write off a movement or fully agree without looking at the other side or investigating things yourself. Another thing is the use of certain rhetorical devices and how organizations use fear appeal to scare us to use their product or do what they want. 

I wanted to learn more about the different sides of the movement for representation in city college. For example I would’ve wanted to know what the faculty’s reasons were as to why the students were mainly white.

I think that my main strengths for this unit was understanding the different uses of rhetoric and being able to write more. I am most proud of how long I could write especially since the next paper will be around 7-10 pages. 

I would try to revise my words and be more specific when it comes to analyzing the uses of rhetoric. I noticed that some uses are subtle and hard to pic up if you haven’t really seen it pointed out often or new to it like Hypophora or distincto.

I would rate myself at a 6/10 because I could have participated and been more attentive with the assignments. 

During this unit, I looked for examples of the uses of rhetoric to give me a better understanding of how to use them in the exercises. 

I think this unit was slightly harder because the previous unit was more of a write what you want to talk about and create your story versus write about something from this specific topic. However once I found a topic, I was able to meet the writing target. 

One thing I would do differently would be to read more uses of rhetoric instead of specific and plain examples.

I wish there were essay examples for the rhetorical analysis so that I would have a reference in regards to how to structure my essay.

I wouldn’t recommend anything other than including more examples to give use a better understanding. My favorite activity was analyzing the ok Cupid pictures because I never saw them before (I didn’t take the trains much anymore after the pandemic) and I also saw videos of people complaining about the images being on public transportation where kids can see. There also weren’t any activities that I didn’t like or felt were ineffective.