Lang rhetoric defs

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Rhetoric
using language to construct meaning
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Rhetorical situation
the circumstances out of which the argument emerges, made up of context, exigence, speaker/writer, audience, subject/message, and purpose
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context
The general time, place, and occasion within which the rhetorical situation is generated
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exigence
the events that prompt a speaker/writer to make a claim/motivation
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Background =
context + exigence
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speaker/writer
the entity making a claim
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audience
the individual(s) the speaker is trying to reach
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subject/message
the topic of the speech of discourse
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purpose
what the audience is supposed to understand and do after experiencing the piece
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Rhetorical device
anything a speaker uses to construct meaning
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rhetorical choice
anything a speaker does to construct meaning

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