RT Enlightenment

 In this reading the author discusses how rhetoric developed from the 17^th to 19^th centuries and how the conception of rhetoric evolved during that period. One concept that was discussed was the theory presented by Francis Bacon on how the brain is divided into three faculties of memory, imagination, and reasoning. The author talks about how his theory that reasoning could move imagination which in turn would move will. The author states that this is not true which I agree with seeing how we tell people everyday things are bad for them such as smoking and yet people still do it, even with the imagination producing images of what can happen if they continue to smoke.

Also brought into discussion was the 18^th century Elocution movement during which there was a heavy focus on correctness in language pronunciation. I think that this is visible in many older movies that I have watched. Like the book said it was also a sign of class whereas it isn't so much today. If you were of a certain class you were expected to speak gentlemanly with your pronunciation. Today there are many people of high-class that have terrible pronunciation and grammar. For example many hip hop artists speak and pronounce words so badly that it could almost be considered another language.