Rhetoric is the process through which a writer or speaker communicates their ideas to an audience. A strategy is a plan or course of action used to accomplish a goal. A rhetorical strategy is the unique way that a writer takes to accomplish a goal. The goal of any argument is to persuade the reader or listener to believe in or support what you are saying. The way that you go about doing this is by using logic and reasoning together with examples, stories, and other forms of rhetoric. In other words, rhetoric is the method through which we communicate ideas while strategies are the plans used to accomplish these goals. There are three main types of strategies: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. These terms will be explained in more detail below. An analysis strategy begins with a careful examination of the evidence before reaching a conclusion. It is important that new information be examined carefully before coming to a final decision because it may change how you analyze the situation. A synthesis strategy combines facts from different sources to create a new understanding. When creating a synthesis strategy, it is important to consider how previous knowledge influences what you learn in the process of analyzing evidence. An evaluation strategy considers whether what you are about to say is true or not true. You can use evidence to prove that one idea is correct while rejecting another idea as false.