| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Grant-Davie, Keith. “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents. ”Rhetoric Review, Volume 15, No.2, 1997, pg. 264-279 |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | Keith Grant-Davie’s article “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents” details topics such as exigence, rhetors, constraints, and the audience. The piece of writing details major issues, such as the importance of the analysis rhetorical in certain situations.
Grant-Davie uses a definition of a rhetorical situation from Lloyd Bitzer, who says a rhetorical situation is “a complex of persons, events, objects, and relations presenting an actual or potential exigence which can be completely or partially removed if discourse, introduced into the situation, can so constrain human decision or action as to bring about the significant modification of the exigence” Grant-Davies continues by explaining what rhetors are. He Then describes constraints and audience.
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| Define new terms
and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. |
Seminal-(of a work, event, moment, or figure) strongly influencing later developments
Exigence-a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This reading relates to reading done in a previous course about rhetoric. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Why do we need rhetoric? |