Bitzer, Lloyd "The Rhetorical Situation"

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Contents 1 Abstract 2 Nature of the Linguistic Sign 3 Possible Implications 4 Glossary Terms

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.

Nature of the Linguistic Sign

Possible Implications

Glossary Terms