| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Keith Grant-Davie. “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constitutes.” Rhetoric Review, Volume 15, Spring 1997, pages (264-279). |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | Davie wants to offer a developed scheme for analyzing rhetorical situations. He defines this as the writer or speaker sees a need to change reality through rhetorical discourse. He lists the steps needed to be taken starting with the writer starting with exigence. He says as the writer is writing they need to work within the constraints of the situation. The entire point of discourse is to bring the audience to an agreement. He says that looking at exigence, rhetor, audience, and constraints all help us look at things from different perspectives. Understanding the situation is more important, he explains. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | “Bitzer argues that understanding the situation is important because the situation largely determines the form of the rhetorical work that responds to it.”(page265).
“Precedents always create constraints.”(page276). Exigence- An urgent need or demand |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It connects by showing us effective ways to communicate to our audiences and the gravity of our writing. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Why is discourse so important when writing and analyzing? |