Bitzer, Lloyd "The Rhetorical Situation"
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In his article, “The Rhetorical Situation” Lloyd Bitzer claims that rhetorical discourse is the response to a rhetorical situation. There are three characteristics of a rhetorical situation. | In his article, “The Rhetorical Situation” Lloyd Bitzer claims that rhetorical discourse is the response to a rhetorical situation. There are three characteristics of a rhetorical situation. | ||
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| + | *Constraints that are comprised of persons and events that impact the exigence. | ||
==Nature of the Linguistic Sign== | ==Nature of the Linguistic Sign== | ||
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Abstract
In his article, “The Rhetorical Situation” Lloyd Bitzer claims that rhetorical discourse is the response to a rhetorical situation. There are three characteristics of a rhetorical situation.
- Exigence is the urgency for discourse to positively affect a situation.
- Audience is the group of people which can impact change that can be influenced by the discourse of the situation.
- Constraints that are comprised of persons and events that impact the exigence.
