8 31 18 RWS Andrew Testa Rhetorical Situation

8 -31 -18 // RWS // Andrew Testa Rhetorical Situation & Rohde

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Recap • Recap of last class.

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Outline 1. Quick Write 2. Rhetorical Situation 3. RS Examples 4. Rohde Group Work

1. Quick Write • What did you think of the Rohde article? Did you like or not like it? • What do you think the main argument of the article is? • What are some claims in the article? • (Graded out of 3, mainly pass fail. )

2. Rhetorical Situation • Rhetorical situation is any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person. • Author, audience, purpose, genre, context.

Author • Author: the person communicating. • Can be speaker/writer/”rhetor. ” • Author’s background is important. • a/s/l? • Culture, Religion, Wealth, Political Beliefs, etc.

Audience • Audience: recipient of communication. • Most authors have a specific audience. • Audience’s background is also important.

Purpose • Purpose is the varied reasons the author communicates. • Why is the author communicating? • Examples: raise awareness, shed light, persuade audience.

Genre • Genre is the category or type of communication. • Examples: fiction, news articles, reviews, movies, books, academic writing, poems, plays, songs.

Context • Context. • The “situation” which generates the need for writing. The setting. • Affected by time period, location, current events, cultural significance.

3. Examples • Speaker/writer/”rhetor. ” • Audience. • Purpose. • Genre. • Context.

• Speaker/”rhetor. ” • Audience. • Purpose. • Genre. • Context.

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3. Examples • Speaker/writer/”rhetor. ” • Audience. • Purpose. • Genre. • Context.

3. Examples • Speaker/”rhetor. ” • Audience. • Purpose. • Genre. • Context.

4. Rohde Article • Rhetorical situation. • Evidence in article.

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