Identifying Elements of the Rhetorical Situation
Match the element of the rhetorical situation on the left with its definition on the right.
message
exigence
context
purpose
audience
what the writer hopes the text will
accomplish
the central idea of the text
the reason why the writer decided to write
the text
who the readers of the text are most likely to
be
the historical, social, and political situation
that affects the text