PAPA Squares Analyzing Rhetorical Situations Rhetorical Situations When

PAPA Squares Analyzing Rhetorical Situations

Rhetorical Situations • When we write in order to communicate something or when we read communications from others, we are involved in a rhetorical situation. • If we want our writing to succeed with out readers or if we want to be able to evaluate how well the writing others succeed, we must examine the elements of rhetorical situations.

PAPA: • The questions you must consider when reading someone else’s writing: 1. What is the writer’s purpose? What need or occasion is causing her to write? 2. What audience does the writer envision? What assumptions does she make about that audience? 3. What persona is the writer assuming? Does she project an authentic voice? 4. What is the writer’s argument or message?

PAPA: • The questions you must consider when YOU are writing: 1. What is my purpose? What need or occasion is causing me to write? 2. Who is my audience ? Why are they reading and what important characteristics do they have that I should keep in mind as I write? 3. What persona or voice should I adopt? How do I want to come across to my readers? 4. What is the my argument or message?

PAPA Square: PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX: The explanation of the purpose, argument, persona, and audience. ARGUMENT INSIDE OF THE BOX: The evidence/support (paraphrased info or quotes) that demonstrate PAPA. PERSONA AUDIENCE