Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the rhetorical situation of a writing task is an important skill to develop. The rhetorical situation depends on the writer, the audience, the topic or issue, the genre or type of writing, the purpose, and the context. Watch this video about The Rhetorical Situation from the University of Jamestown Writing Center:

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NOVA Online ENG 111 Handbook Copyright © 2023 by Various Authors; Cathy Gaiser, NOVA; Ulrike Kestler; Dr. Karen Palmer; and Dr. Sandi Van Lieu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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