A rhetorical situation is a fairly simple concept, but is pretty complex when you look at it in depth. In my own words a rhetorical situation is a situation in which there is an audience, a writer, and a message that is being conveyed through someone or something. Those could be speeches, writings, and other contexts. “The concept of the rhetor, the audience, the message, the objective or purpose and the overall context are essential for effective writing, especially in an academic writing setting or when writing professionally.” This text is from one of the readings we had to do for the week. This strengthens my definition that every party that takes place while some sort of information is being conveyed. It is important that all parties in this kind of situation are attentive and have some sort of information gain. “Constraints are comprised of people, events, or objects relative to any given situation provided they have the ability to constrain decision and modify the exigence.” There can be some problems with the situation with language barriers that can pop up with communicating with people. Also they can be uninformed in which people do not want to take in the information that is being communicated to them. People have got to have a purpose to something when they are listening to someone or reading a book. The only way that information will be attained is if all parties are attentive and alert to the communication at hand.
What Should I Know about Rhetorical Situations? – The WAC Clearinghouse. Retrieved 23 February 2020, from https://wac.colostate.edu/resources/wac/intro/rhetoric/
“What Is a Rhetorical Situation and How To Use It? – A Research Guide.” A Research Guide for Students, 28 Oct. 2019, http://www.aresearchguide.com/rhetorical-situation.html.
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