My Self-My Self-TransformatioTransformatio

nnJad Husayni

OverviewOverview• Summary• Rhetorical Situation• Rhetorical Strategies• Various Audiences

Summary-beforeSummary-before• Social habits- spent too much time hanging out

with friends• Study habits- never spent much time studying• Lack of motivation and discipline lead to many

excuses

Summary-duringSummary-during• Context- my dad arranged for me to shadow a

heart surgeon to see if medicine was something I like.

• Description- the surgeon took a blood vessel from the patient’s knee and reattached it around a blocked artery in the heart

• Aftermath- it was interesting to me how much the human body could recover from, and I liked the idea of changing someone’s life

Summary-afterSummary-after• Differences- I do my homework • New Motivations- Never let myself slack off and I

use my resources • Lasting effects- the experience helped me mature

in a way I never expected to

Rhetorical Situation-Rhetorical Situation-Rhetorical TriangleRhetorical Triangle

• Audience• Communicator• Message

Rhetorical SituationRhetorical Situation• Purpose-kairos

Rhetorical SituationRhetorical Situation• Context- use rhetoric to describe a position shift I

have had

Rhetorical StrategiesRhetorical Strategies• Description- I used this to portray who I was

before my position shift.

Rhetorical StrategiesRhetorical Strategies• Narrative, Illustration, Cause and effect• I combined these three techniques to try and

portray what was happening around me, along with what I was thinking during this time.

Rhetorical StrategiesRhetorical Strategies• Exemplification- this is the main strategy I used to

describe myself after my position shift occurred.• To use examples best portrays how different I am

now compared to last year.

AdaptationAdaptation• Our setting compared to others• Examples of how the approach would be

different