Rhetoricookies (or... EAT MY COOKIES!)

I love it when food and school combine! I brought the cookies in because I thought it was a good illustration of how I view rhetoric. Rhetoric always comes packaged up with some purpose. Good rhetoric is inviting, appetizing and makes you want more. It may even come with a message on it that lets you know exactly what to do with it. BUT... you never know what you are getting yourself into. You only see the final package, not all of the research that goes into it. The audience doesn't know what has been left out, over emphasized or covered up, they only see the result. When the audience finally bites in, their may be a few surprises... there may be nuts hidden in the dough or raisins that look like chocolate chips. Unless you take the information and find out what is going on inside, you never know what you are going to get. Chew on that next time you bite into a delicious cookie.