Introduction to Rhetoric
The rhetorical situation, SOAPSTone, purpose, audience, context, and exigence
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Study the rhetorical situation: speaker/writer, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone (SOAPSTone). Understand exigence (the urgency prompting communication), the rhetorical triangle (ethos, pathos, logos), and how context shapes meaning.
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