Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Journal 6

What does Bitzer not mean by “rhetorical situation”? In other words, how does his view differ from past views that readers might compare to his?
Bitzer does not mean ignoring who you are or what you feel, what your way of life has been, and overlook who your spectators are in your writing. He does not want you to lose focus when you are writing and what is the reason you are even writing anything at all. He wants you to shun writing without purpose and to write as if you can make a genuine difference.

What does Bitzer mean by “rhetorical situation”?
What Bitzer means by “rhetorical situation is to acknowledge a viewpoint that is a commonplace but fundamental. It is a mode of altering reality by the creation of discourse which changes reality through the mediation of thought and action.

Explain what “exigence” is. Give your own example of an exigence someone could respond to in writing.
Exigence is what the person is trying to prove or somehow interpret in their writing. For example; persuading one to change a certain belief.

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