Thinking and Acting Rhetorically

I would define Rhetoric as using language to convey a certain point of  view about a particular idea, it is used to persuade an audience of the truth of a statement you have researched and thought deeply of. Using rhetoric can be used in oral form, like discussing, or in written form like writing a paper. To think rhetorically I think that one has to research to be able to convince others of your opinion of the subject. I think rhetoric is the thing that convinces you to feel the certain way you do about a particular topic. In my opinion you use rhetoric to effectively persuade an audience, which means taking their means into consideration and having an open mind to what they have to say. In that case, I think that acting rhetorically is the act of the analytical thoughts you have proposed. Thinking and acting rhetorically puts you in your audience's positions and makes you realize their point of view and how to portray yourself and your opinion. Rhetoric uses tools like language, research, and writing techniques to assist your topic. Rhetoric thinking and acting has been around for a long time and really doesn't have one definition to it, rhetoric is a very broad subject and is used to really just guide you along in being able to bring your own personal thoughts out to life and broaden your mind of thinking and acting.