The following is a reflective essay in which I explain everything I learned in rhetorical traditions II and how that information applies to the real world. The paper being a culmination of everything I learned in that class, it should come as no surprise that I did little learning in writing the paper. Instead, the assignment both helped to cement my all the knowledge I had already learned, and process that knowledge into a clearer and more applicable format. This class bestowed unto me a better understanding of rhetoric, and in doing so, helped me understand foundational principles that are key to communicating in the English language.