1. Mrs. Munson Ap language and composition 2019-2020
Rhetorical situation
Mrs. Munson
Ap language and composition

2. What is a rhetorical situation?
Rhetoric: Using language effectively to persuade, inform, educate, or entertain.
Rhetorical Situation: The circumstances in which you communicate.

3. The rhetorical situation: a visual

4. The writer
Your culture, personal characteristics and interests affect what you write about and how you write it.

5. Factors which can affect your writing:
Your age
Your experiences
Your gender
Your location
Your political beliefs
Your parents and peers
Your education

6. My Purpose
Entertain
Inform
Shock
Persuade
Educate
Call for action

7. genre A genre is a category or type of writing.
Genres hinge upon purpose and the needs/expectations of the projected audience.
Examples: fiction, autobiographical story, news article, review, letter to the editor/editorial, rhetorical analysis, criticism, persuasive essay.

8. exigence
Exigence is an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.
What is the problem/issue that the writer believes can be resolved or changed by discourse or language?
What is/was happening that created a need for this topic to be addressed?
Why is this topic important? Why should readers care about this issue?

9. Purpose Purpose is the goal outcome/reaction of the text
What does the speaker want the audience to believe/do/understand/change after reading the text?

10. Audience
Your audience is to whom you are writing. Many of the same factors which affect the writer also affect the audience, including:
Age
Social class
Education
Past experience
Culture/subculture

11. context
Context is the time, place, and “climate” in which the text occurs
Context is affected by the:
Time period or timing
Location
Current events
Cultural significance