Just today I had to rely on my recently obtained knowledge of rhetoric to convince my girlfriend to go see the movie "Rocknrolla" instead of "Changeling." Even during the talk I found myself thinking "wow, nice use of pathos" or "better think about my target audience." For example, I knew "Rocknrolla" wasn't her type of movie so I had to use the appeal pathos by stating that Guy Ritchie is one of my favorite directors and that he's made some of my favorite movies. Needless to say my use of rhetoric was successful and I got to see my movie. Which was worth the work.

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