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Understanding Writing: The Rhetorical Situation

Understanding Writing: The Rhetorical Situation. Rhetorical Situation. Writer Purpose Audience Topic Context. Writer. Your personal characteristics and interests affect what you write about and how you write about it. Writer: factors which can affect your writing include.

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Understanding Writing: The Rhetorical Situation

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  1. Understanding Writing:The Rhetorical Situation

  2. Rhetorical Situation • Writer • Purpose • Audience • Topic • Context

  3. Writer Your personal characteristics and interests affect what you write about and how you write about it

  4. Writer: factors which can affect your writing include • your age • your experiences • your gender • your location • your political beliefs • your education • your parents and peers • your religion

  5. Purpose: your reason for writing • to ___________ • to inform • to persuade • to educate • to call to action • to entertain • to shock

  6. Genre • category of writing • examples: fiction, autobiographical story, news article, review, editorial, analysis • genres hinge upon purpose and the needs of the projected audience

  7. Audience: to whom are you writing? • many of the same factors which affect the writer also affect the audience • age • social class • education

  8. Topic • whatever it is that you have selected to write about • may be broadened or narrowed, depending upon the length of the article and your level of interest

  9. Context • the “situation” which generates the need for writing • affected by time period • location • current events • cultural significance

  10. Rhetorical Situation • Writer • Purpose • Audience • Topic • Context

  11. What This Means • You need to be aware that a rhetorical situation exists EVERY TIME you write. • You need to adapt your writing depending upon your purpose and your audience.

  12. Where can you go for additional help with writing assignments? • Purdue University Writing Lab • Check the web site:http://owl.english.purdue.edu • Email brief questions:owl@owl.english.purdue.edu

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