In the practice of any sport, craft, or art, the players, artisans, and artists engage in both a physical activity and a thought process. They practice their sport, craft, or art and they reflect on what they do in order to improve it. They don't necessarily think in the moment of the sport or the moment of creation, but in the practice or planning stage, they train, practice, and rehearse. Then after the game, the play, or the making of an object, they reflect on what they have done and think about changes or improvements for the next activity.
Writing is a similar recursive process.
The goal of writing is expression or communication, but the success of the written product depends to a great extent on the success of the writing process. If you want to strengthen and develop your writing skills, then strengthen and develop your own writing process. This course is designed to help you develop your own writing process, and the study guide lessons are designed to help you make the most of your viewing and reading assignment so that you can also improve your writing process and thus written product. Define the term rhetoric from its historical and contemporary perspective. Differentiate the positive connotations of the term rhetoric from the popular negative connotations.