Assignment 3: To Read or Not to Read? Rhetorical Question.

Well, I’d have to say that this article was certainly a piece to work through. I tried to view it as a challenge more than a dry writing, but I couldn’t quite grasp the whole challenge part aside from it being a challenge to read. That being said, I thought the reading was very educational pointing out specific things that would help us the readers find and break down the rhetorical situations in everyday life and in advertisements. I found it interesting how rhetorical situations weren’t just found in advertisements and writing but that it’s in our everyday life. I liked the example Keith Grant-Davie gave with the friend who said that he was cold instead of just asking if the heat could be turned up. He continues to tell us in the main article about the questions we should ask before and during our time with the readings. The example at the end of the reading with the sign of Sherwood Hills and how it created constraints with the placing of the sign, whether it should change according to whoever owns it to try and make the business more successful or whether it should be left alone. People took the situation and asked the questions that we were told to ask and answered them to get their solution. The concept to consciously ask questions while reading is a good way to keep ones self engaged in the reading instead of just struggling through the pages trying to come away with some sort of message.