Post 06: Boyd's Rhetorical Technique

    In Janet Boyd's essay Murder! Rhetorically Speaking she explains the strategies of rhetoric and what it means right off the bat saying, "...that choosing how to express your meaning is every bit as important as the message itself, which is really what rhetoric is." (87). I believe her persuasion in explaining strategies was good enough for me to understand. She uses a little mini assignment about students tapping into their inner detective and how to report a crime scene using a prompt of "Who, What, Where, When, and How". Using this analogy, she was essentially saying that we should use these rhetoric detective skills to try and report what we are reading, and it can help to depict essays and even our own essays. 

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  1. Ben BehnkeJuly 2, 2022 at 7:03 PM

    I also appreciated how she nailed the definition of rhetoric right off the bat. Boyd states it as her thesis in a relatable, easy-to-understand way and then crushes it with her supporting arguments. The crime scene scenario that evolved throughout the essay was an excellent way to teach her point using analogies.

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