A. The rhetorical situation is the expected context and circumstance surrounding the written piece of work. Without this situation‚ there would be no actual purpose to the writing. The rhetorical situation actually pieces together different structural elements of the work—like the occasion‚ purpose‚ topic‚ audience‚ and voice. The occasion is usually time-restrictive. For instance‚ a person may be chosen to write a very specific paper around Christmas time based on the history of related carols‚
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point through a simply story. David Foster Wallace a well known American writer was invited to give a commencement speech at Kenyon College. In the beginning of this speech he starts off with two young fish that are swimming around and then encounter an older fish ask them how’s the water then causing them to wonder what is water. Not to mention the important aspects in life are usually the hardest to identify and discuss. Countless amounts of individuals give this speech and focus on the positive aspects
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Messimore Luis Marin English 1013-036 2 September 2014 Kenyon Commencement Speech David Foster Wallace gave a speech called Kenyon Commencement Speech to the Kenyon College in 2005. He delivered the message that a change in thinking can save citizens from the daily grind of their eight to five jobs. Wallace gave examples of this point in his speech starting with a fish in water‚ a person in a crowd‚ and how not to think. Wallace started his speech with a short story about an older fish asking a couple
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The speech was give by Shonda Rhines she addresses her fear in accordance to the speech she was given. She discusses how over the course of the years giving a commencement speech has drastically change and has been emphasized in ways anyone who was an “introvert” would quickly deny doing. She admits that she not very fond of talking in front of group or crowd there this was a new experience to her. As she beings her speech she talks first to the parents how have just broke free from the responsible
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Rhetorical Situation Rhetoric – any PUBLIC symbolic expression that creates meaning in society which‚ in turn‚ helps us: make sense of our experiences‚ construct our identities and live our public lives 1. “Public symbolic expression” – speech‚ writing‚ art‚ media (television‚ radio‚ Internet)‚ performance‚ music‚ films‚ etc … in the public arena 2. “experiences‚” “identities‚” “public lives” – how we make laws‚ discuss ourselves (i.e.‚ as Americans‚ as Euro-American/Af-American‚ etc
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MLK speech Rhetorical Situation Martin Luther King Jr’s‚ I have a dream speech is one of the most powerful speeches in the civil rights movement. He himself was the most important voices to the movement because he did all he could to show people that “all men are created equal”. He was crucial to the civil rights movement because he was one of many to take a stand against the racism and the inequality of the time. He wanted to eliminate the racial segregation‚ not just in public but
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by Steve Jobs in one of his speeches‚ which signified the level of confidence and faith he had in his work. The only way to be satisfied is to do great work‚ which can be attained only by loving your own work. This was the main idea of his commencement speech in Stanford University. He was a born hero as even after going through serious difficulties in his career life‚ he still had that faith and confidence in himself‚ which made him the CEO of a two billion dollar company. He dropped out from college
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A rhetorical situation is a situation that is modified by an issue‚ an audience‚ and a set of constraints‚ or limitations. Through this‚ you create a context that applies these three things in unison. The first part being an exigence‚ or issue. This is the main motivation of the discourse or situation that is likely to be desired to change. These contain the part of the rhetorical situation that might apply a question and cause the need for resolution. The second part‚ audience‚ are (at least in
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Rhetorical Situations Trying to figure out what to say over the phone to a man who earned the name doctor and trying to give a message explaining why my supervisor was going to be late was something that was different‚ and that I knew there was a change‚ and the way I spoke and addressed him would be different. Throughout my college and work experience‚ I learned that we have to find different ways to speak to certain people. So when it came down to trying to speak to this man‚ I had to go over
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David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” is a commencement speech to a group of graduating college seniors‚ telling them the harsh truth about life as an adult American. He utilizes this piece to ponder the problem of how and why we as humans view the world in the way we do‚ regarding our specific viewpoints and respective realities. He thinks upon this problem by analyzing the human psyche’s “default-setting” of being self-absorbed‚ and how by “learning how to think”‚ this cycle can be broken‚ using
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