Defintion of Rhetoric

My definition of rhetoric is that a person thoroughly thinks through what they're writing before letting the public see it. Everyone has used the rhetoric process of thinking through their writing, whether it's a text, short story, class essay, or a textbook. When being rhetoric you have to think about who you're writing to, your purpose, your accuracy, to make sure you most effectively get your point across. Everyone has had that moment when you write something, you send it or hand it in and then you look back and you cant figure out at all what you're trying to say. Most likely you were tired and just trying to get it over with. In that case you probably weren't thinking about the all the aspects of effective writing. Your writing should be appropriate for the subject, the audience, the purpose, and the medium. To be rhetoric, you must consider all of the above aspects, and maybe even go above and beyond, and do a little homework on the subject of your writing. To further expand on my definition, to write rhetorically is to be educated on your topic, inside and out, know your audience, what you really are trying to say, how you want the message to come across, and make sure that what you are saying is accurate.