October 2020

Reading Journal For Grant-Davie

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Reading Journal

 

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Grant-Davie, Keith. Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents. 
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words In “Rhetoriacl Situations and Their Constituents” by Keith Grant-Davie, it details the right and wrong way of using rhetoric. In the article, two people, Bitzer and Vatz, offer information on rhetoric. A person named Scott Consigny makes a claim that Bitzer and Vatz are both right and wrong. Consigny argues with Vatz that rhetoric should involve integrity, “the ability to apply a standard set of strategies effectively to any situation the rhetor may face”(Grant-Davie 265). When arguing for Bitzer, he states “that rhetoric should also involve ‘receptivity’— the ability to respond to the conditions and demands of individual situations”(Grant-Davie 265). Consigny goes on to ask “what is the discourse about, why is the discourse needed, and what is the discourse trying to accomplish”(Grant-Davie 267-268). Then asks “who is the rhetor and who is the audience”(Grant-Davie 269, 271). All of these talking about exigence, rhetor, audience, and constraints help students understand rhetorical strategies.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. “Rhetor”- teacher of rhetoric

“Exigence”- situation or issue that causes someone to write about it
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

 

 This article connects to the major projects we have done in this class because of the examples, situations, and issues we have had to write about. This article helped teach good questions to ask ourselves when writing in this class.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. What is the purpose of asking rhetorical questions when writing?