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COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 6

What does Bitzer not mean by “Rhetorical Situation”?
Bitzer does not mean the context in which speakers or witness creates rhetorical discourse.

What does Bitzer mean by “Rhetorical Situation”?
When he says rhetorical situation he means the nature of these contexts in which speakers or writers create rhetorical discourse.

Explain what exigence is. Give your own example of an exigence someone could respond to in writing.
Exigence is a defect, something waiting to be done, a thing which is other than is should be.

Example= A man writes an essay. Mistakenly he forgets to write a conclusion to the paper. He turns it in to his professor. Upon getting it back he sees that the professor gives him another chance to create the conclusion.