At first, rhetoric to me was almost a synonym for grammar. I thought it meant a logical structure of words od phrases. Now, I realize that rhetoric is so much more than that. Rhetoric to me now is the way one crafts an argument or stance to gain favor or sway with a specific audience. What I mean by thus is that one would craft a speech for example and target that speech for a specific audience, choosing words that would trigger the desired response from that audience. This would also mean that rhetoric encompasses multiple writing strategies, such as ethos, logos, pathos, similes, and metaphors to name a few. This yet again changes my definition of rhetoric to: Devices, grammatical structure, and knowledge and mastery over the English language to effectively craft and deliver a speech and obtain the desired effect