Da'Vante Phillips
ENC1101
3/24/15

 

Define the three constituents of Bitzer’s rhetorical situation. Provide examples of each.

 Exigence- is an imperfection marked by urgency; it is a defect, an obstacle, something waiting to be done, a thing which is other than it should be.

Ex. Global Warming and Hurricanes are something that cannot be change.

 

 Audience- to be constrained in decision and action.

Ex. A Poet reading there poem or a Singer singing a song is an ex. of an audience. Because they informing people of there knowledge.

 

 Constraints- influence the rhetor and can be brought to bear upon the audience.

Ex. An autobiography and a diary are constraints due to the fact that I can’t really change the things I believe in because it pertains to me.