My definition of rhetoric has changed in various ways due to these readings. Rhetoric is This reading has explained various examples of what rhetoric is opinionated to be. Rhetoric is seen as foul and ugly by some while viewed as order and cleanness by others. Rhetoric is very opinionated and is a useful tool for many different things including; business, marketing, strategies, contract negotiations, etc. At this point in our cultures history rhetoric is reestablishing itself. Rhetoric is used in more ways than one would think as it is used in arguments, signs, and decision making.