The Rhetorical Situation

The Rhetorical Situation

Language User (Writer/ Speaker/ Artist)

Voice

Motivation

Intention

Beliefs

Values

Experiences

TEXT

Purpose

Audience

To inform

R Real

To describe

Imagined

To persuade

Implied

To explain

Invoked

To activate

To entertain

To forge connection

To highlight differences

Imagine the triangle above as enmeshed in its CONTEXT. That context is:

social

historical

political

ideological

cultural

geographical, etc.

Thanks to Prof. Jackie Royster, Ohio State University, for this handout. TEXT