Reflection for Rhetorical Analysis

I thought my rhetorical analysis essay went really well. For starters, I really enjoyed the speech i listened to. This is mostly because I am an athlete and can relate to the things that were said in the speech, even though I didn’t go through exactly what Lou Gehrig went through. I can relate to how he must feel. Also, writing a rhetorical analysis at the college level taught me a lot. During high school we would be encouraged to actually use the words “pathos ethos and logos.” However, implying those 3 rhetorical appeals without actually saying the words made my writing sound more mature. I enjoyed making revisions because it gave me the satisfaction of improving my piece of writing. There are just so many ways authors/speakers reach out to their audience using different techniques, and being able to dissect these techniques and create a conversation out of it just makes us appreciate the author/speaker and what they’re trying to say. I wouldn’t mind writing another rhetorical analysis. I actually somewhat enjoyed it. I also liked how our professor gave us the luxury of choosing our speeches, instead of assigning us one and forcing us all to analyze the same one.