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The selections provide insight into showing us to recognize that rhetoric is everywhere, whether we choose to simply ignore it or not. The selections all isolate the importance of rhetoric, despite that we choose to often ignore it and fall even further to its control. One of the most occurring forms of rhetoric that employs Aristotle’s ideas of persuasion, are media advertisements. They target an audience, decide which media is best to reach that audience, and make an appeal to something that interests the audience. These are among the easiest to identify how they influence human thoughts, and emotions. If someone were to see an advertisement that suggested a payment in exchange for a better service, one might be pleased at the idea and purchase the service. If someone sees an ad that is intended for a different target audience, they might simply ignore it or become tempered that they have to sit through something that does not concern them.

The reason for this, is because writing a somewhat coherent response requires that a writer think past trivial thoughts and understand the purpose of what they are attempting to write about. If they do not, then any underlying meaning within the text immediately loses its value, overall. Personally, I find that determining what you want to learn about academic topic is best prior to looking aimlessly in hundreds of endless Google searches. That is, if you were to limit distractions from your intended goal, one might something meaningful in their research. For example, if I wanted to learn more about the Theory of Solar Engines, I would do research about proposals about how the engine would function. I would also search for claims and theses that might potentially support a thesis of my own about the probability of the existence of Solar Engines within the next century or