Everyday Power

Before the start of this semester I had never seriously thought about analyzing power or rhetoric strategies. I may have even used at least some of those, but I was not aware of them. However, since January, this has gradually changed without me knowingly noticing it. Not until I had a fight over phone messages.  When I noticed that the other person was twisting some details in order to change the facts in his favor, I found myself thinking how that person was actually trying to use rhetoric to change the facts we had been arguing about. From that moment on, I knew how this class has had an impact on my everyday life. From now on I will be the one using rhetoric knowingly and more often (in particular to win arguments!).