What I learned/Reflecting

I learned that writing is “a way of exploring ideas as well as communicating them.”  I never thought of writing in that aspect. I always thought it just a way of communicating our ideas. I also learned about rhetoric. Rhetoric is being able to persuade at any given time. I also learned about the rhetorical situation, which is audience, purpose, motivation, constraints, and knowing which strategies will work to convince the audience in any situation. I now look at things very differently. Instead of believing in everything (I know I sound naive), but I now stop and really question things.