AP Lang Rhetoric Vocab

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rhetoric

using language to construct meaning

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rhetorical situation

the circumstances out of which the argument emerges; consists of the context, exigence, speaker, audience, subject, 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 to make a claim

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speaker

the entity making a claim

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audience

the individuals the speaker is directly trying to reach

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subject

the topic of the speech or text

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purpose

what the audience is supposed to understand and do after experiencing the discourse