ENC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rhetoric, Massachusetts Route 3
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Is a situation where a speaker or writer sees a need to change reality. A rhetorical situation and sees that the change may be effected through rhetorical discourse. Richard vatz challenges that the rhetor"s response is controlled by the situation. Scott consigny suggests that the situation is partly but not all created by the rehtor. Some kind of need or problem that can be addressed & solved thru rhet. People, real or imagined, responsible for the discourse & its authorial vvoice. People, real or imagined, w/ whom rhetors negotiate thru discourse to achieve the rhetorical objectives. Factors in the situation"s context that may affect the achievement of the rhetorical objectives; limitations of the rheto. To help prepare you to make your genre product. Your task is to how rhetorical situation helps to determine. How are you going to use your knowledge. I know i am having an impact on your rhetorical situation.
