John Bean’s article, “Reading Rhetorically”, presents the different strategies of reading rhetorically and the reason why it is important to read rhetorically as an academic. As a rhetorical reader, you must be able to understand the content of the text along with understanding the author’s perspective as a writer. From an exert alone you should be able to make several assumptions about the context of the writing. An idea of the audience the piece was written for should be deductible, along with the language of the author. How the argument is presented and what the authors stance is, makes up the language the author is using in their writing. Reading rhetorically allows people to analyze and conclude several aspects of a writing piece that