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1. Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation PIGSAC
2. Persona – the writer/speaker of the text.
Intention – the purpose, or why, something was written.
Genre – the literary type: speech, novel, political article, newspaper ad, etc.
Subject – general topic/main idea
Audience – group of readers/listeners/viewers the whom the piece is directed.
Context – the time and place (setting); the event causing the writing/speech to occur. What does PIGSAC mean?
3. PIGSAC will help you to discover that a poem, story, essay, speech, or document is carefully structured, creating parameters within which you must work in order to determine meaning.
Each student brings a unique perspective to the piece, but conclusions must be supported by the details of the text. Why PIGSAC?