# Power and Pitfalls

- By: Cathy Thwing and student writers at Pima Community College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Pima_Community_College/Local_and_Global_in_Pima_County/Power_and_Pitfalls)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Pima_Community_College/Local_and_Global_in_Pima_County/Power_and_Pitfalls
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-186563/pdf

Rhetoric can be a powerful tool. In this section, we examine the ways that words can motivate and persuade others.