Use Of Language Through Rhetorical Discourse - 1271 Words

Dad Language through rhetorical discourse does something and something was what I needed to do (Wardle and Downs 348). I’m not one to share my feelings or show much emotion towards people or situations. However, if I were to, I’ll put it in writing, whether it’s a text message or letter, just so I don’t have to show it or say it aloud and I’ve always been this way. It was after my high school graduation and I was all set and ready to go to college after my entire family drowned me in graduation gifts and money. My father was nagging on me every single day to give out thank you notes to all those who were kind enough to give me presents as I went off to the University of Central Florida and live on my own which was two hours away from†¦show more content†¦He lives in Massachusetts and I see him only two times a year. If anyone knows a thing about family, it’s my dad. He grew up with fifteen brothers and sisters who all still live in t he same town as they were born in. He is the most selfless person I’ve ever known. He’s the type of person to give gifts on his own birthday and everyone who knows him, loves him for his unbelievable generosity. However, some of us take it for granted. He is thirteen hundred miles away from me and he is still so involved in my life and sometimes I forget how thankful I should be. He calls me at least three times a day and most of the time I ignore it because I definitely take his care for granted. But he would never show if he was hurt by it. He just calls until I answer. Even though it wasn’t my dad who sent me off to college and nothing really changed in his household, I knew something was hitting him in the heart when he thought of the fact that I was growing up and I was officially a college student living on my own. It was a hard time for him and he was calling me way more than usual. He needed something from me and I wasn’t giving him anything. He d idn’t feel my appreciation and I knew it was my turn to do something about it. Grant-Davie states that a rhetorical situation is when a speaker sees a need to change reality and realizes this change may be effected through