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George Golay

ENC 1101

17th October 2023

Major Assignment 2 Rought Draft/ Rough Outline

Rhetoric is the act of convincing and provides the reason for why certain outcomes

happen. Sparking conversations and effectively communicating is the act of properly creating a

rhetorical situation. Inspiring someone to act or to convince someone of your viewpoints are a

few examples of the many ways rhetorical situations are used in daily life. We find ourselves

using rhetoric daily and most people are not even aware of the rhetorical situations which they

are creating during the event of discourse. Discourse is a necessary step within communication

as it is the action of discussing and without discussion a rhetorical situation cannot exist.

The exigence of an artifact of discourse is the need which the speaker wishes to convince

or discuss. We define exigence “as the rhetor’s sense that a situation both calls for discourse and

might be resolved by discourse” which gives insight into the criteria which must be met for

discourse to occur (Grant-Davie 266). Discourse occurs in my life and especially within school

environments in which writing is an important section. The first artifact I am examining is a

listening journal which was written to display in depth analysis skills and deep understanding of

classical and jazz music. In this example, my exigence as a student is to show musical literacy

and a firm grasp on music concepts such as tempo, pitch, and chord. - Insert quote from artifact

in relation to my interest within music or contains opinionated statements regarding music -. This

quote contains ideas which were written with the intent of describing an interest/opinion which I

formed based upon my knowledge at the time and serves the purpose of meeting my exigence.
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This example is important from a socio-cultural lens as it applies to many people attending an

academic facility and can be generalized to anyone who is writing a paper for a teacher. Rhetoric

in this example is used to display understanding of an idea which is a common occurrence within

this setting and can be applied to anyone who experiences discourse within writing.

General Ideas and Outline

Intro – Define and explain rhetorical situations as well as logos pathos and ethos. Examine the

relationship between each individual concept and how they work together to push someone's

exigence within a rhetorical discourse.

First paragraph – Explain important ideas within examining rhetorical situations in relation to

school and academics. Provide context to the artifact so that the reader can fully understand the

ideas which are being communicated. Explain the importance of the analysis from a greater scale

to give insight into how the idea applies to a greater audience.

Second Paragraph – Use a secondary artifact to explain importance of rhetoric through another

lens which is different than the first.

Analyze artifacts from the rhetorical situation framework

The first artifact is an essay I wrote for a music class, analyze the rhetorical value and exigence

of the paper.

Second Artifact:

Important to understand the audience and target audiences when attempting to push your

exigency.
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Grant-Davie, Keith. “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents .” JSTOR,

www.jstor.org/stable/465644. Accessed 17 Oct. 2023.

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