Writing and Rhetoric Book

I realized the other day that I have yet to blog about the notes I took from the reading we did at the beginning of the semester from the Writing and Rhetoric book. Now, I figure that those chapters may not be extremely fresh in our minds, so I'll just mention my thoughts on the book in general.
Overall, I liked what the authors had to say and teach a lot. They made a lot of good points and were very clear in the way they presented each idea in each chapter. The way they wrote was so simple that the new things that they were teaching seemed like they should be common sense. I think that learning how to effectively communicate with your audience is the most important part of writing. Of course, there are those who just write to express themselves and they don't really care who reads their work, but for the most part I think that when writing people, more often than not, are trying to prove a point. This book describes how to reach our best potential of getting our ideas and arguments across so that our audience can get the most out of what we write.
I did have one problem with the book and it repeated it self over and over. It seemed as though the authors of every chapter could have saved 2-3 pages per chapter. Every idea was presented and then beaten to death. It was all very redundant. Yes, it helped to get the point across, but there was just way to much repetition for my taste.