Rhetoric is the use of speech for persuasion. Different theorists of rhetoric have differing views of the nature of persuasive argument. Aristotle had a particular view of the art of rhetoric which he espoused in his Rhetoric, and it involves a differentiation in the types of argument offered, the purpose of that argument, and how effective the argument may be given its nature and the elements that constitute it. Aristotle’s approach to the rhetorical situation and to the nature of rhetoric can be applied to a particular text, in this case the advertising campaign set into motion by and centering on Magic Johnson, the athlete who announced that he had contracted the AIDS virus and who then appeared in television spots and other advertising media in commercials which tried to educate and make the public aware…