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Summary: This site is a teaching tool helping to define the complex rhetorical situation. The site included actual text from Lloyd Bitzer's book The Rhetorical Situation. It used this text to help describe the term exigency. It said that exigency is a hard thing to define in some rhetorical situations. It gave an example of stem cell research. You can see the good that we could possibly find the cure for some diseases, but an innocent human life must be sacrificed in order to do this. Exigency is not always a clearly defined component of the rhetorical situation. How is it useful? The text defined exigency in a rhetorical situation. The author of the site defined exigency as, "exigency is something that happens which gives rise to a need for communication." This proves that exigency is the motivation for the beginning of a rhetorical situation. Why is it useful? This site was useful because it defined the term exigency and gave examples on how you can find it in everyday situations. The author of this site also used text from Lloyd Bitzer's book The Rhetorical Situation to help further define exigency in the rhetorical situation. How is it credible? On the webpage the author citied the work he took from Lloyd Bitzer's book. If this was a fake site, the author probably wouldn't have gone through the trouble of citing his work. The website also had a very professional appearance. Why is it credible? The author seems like a very educated man. He backs up all of his definitions with text from Lloyd Bitzer's book. He also provided links in his site to find more information on the rhetorical situation. Obviously the author put a lot of time and effort into the site making it a very useful tool. Citation: Buchanan, C. (2004). The Rhetorical Situation: Beginning Well. Retrieved November 1, 2009, from http://people.emich.edu/cbuchanan/rhetoric/beginningwell.html \n

Summary: The author of this article described rhetorical situation and it's components. In the the article, technology was discussed and how it has changed the audience of the rhetorical situation. With technology, a discussion can be posted on the web, making is accesible to anyone who cares to look for it. When something is posted on the web, that must be kept in mind. This article also defined rhetorical situation and gave examples of where it is used. The author wrote that politics is where you find alot of rhetorical situation. Why is this useful?- The author clearly defined the component I had to write about, which is goal. In the beginning of the article the author said, "All this comes about because the writer wants the target to do something." How is this useful?- The meaning of rhetorical situation is clearly stated many times in this article. Also, the components of the rhetorical situation are defined. Along with the definition are examples to help understand how rhetorical situation works. Why is it credible?- I found the article on a Vanity Press website. The article is a blog that is over two years old, I think if there was incorrect information it would of been reported by now. How is it credible?-To know this much about rhetorical situation the author must be a professor of some kind. There are also zero negative responses, showing that the information is valid. Citation: Scoville,C (2007). The Vanity Press, In The Rhetorical Situation and the Blogger, Retrieved from http://thevanitypress.blogspot.com/2007/03/rhetorical-situation-and-blogger.html on October 28, 2009.

Summary: This website goes into a very in depth definition of the rhetorical situation. The site is a teaching tool helping teachers teach about the rhetorical situation. After it defined rhetorical situation it went on to define the parts that make up a rhetorical situation. Going in depth about the author, audience, text and context; explaining what each component means in a rhetorical situation. The website also described the history of rhetoric and how it originated. How is it useful?: After reading the article I'm now more educated on the rhetoric and have a better understanding on how it works. It explained it more in depth and gave examples on where and how it is used. Why is it useful? The article clearly defined a rhetorical situation as a set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person. Along with this defintion there were also examples making this very easy to understand. How is it credible?: The website is a teachers tool defining terms and explaining them to help teachers convey the message to students. The site was created by Purdue University, thus making all of its content legitmate. \nWhy is it credible?: The website contains a very wide variety of information, explaining many different topics. A website that contains that much information wouldn't waste it's time delivering flase information. Citation: Kunka Liethen Jennifer. The Rhetorical Situation. Retrieved October 31, 2009, from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/01/\n

The Rhetorical Situation Summary I found this website that helps me understand the analysis of the rhetorical situation a little bit better. I chose it because it seems to best fit the situations that we come across when doing homework. This website is basically answering a question with questions but what I understood from it is what follows. This website describes the rhetorical situation as an event that gives way to a need or opportunity to persuade. The rhetorical situation analysis is composed of a few elements for example author, purpose, audience, and genre. How/why useful This website is very useful because of the format it is in. You can use this website as a reference or a self checklist when analyzing a rhetorical situation. The way in which the order of the questions is set up, gives it the format of a checklist. It is easy to find what you are looking for because all the topics are in bold print and there is not a lot of text to read. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. There is also some sort of license that pertains to that persons work, which is something I don't know about. All the information provided is intended to help someone because it is setup as a checklist. Citation Silva Rhetoricae. (page update: Feb. 26, 2007 ). Silva Rhetoricae. In Basic Questionsfor Rhetorical Analysis . Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Pedagogy/Rhetorical%20Analysis%20heuristic.htm.

Summary: This website goes into a very in depth definition of the rhetorical situation. The site is a teaching tool helping teachers teach about the rhetorical situation. After it defined rhetorical situation it went on to define the parts that make up a rhetorical situation. Going in depth about the author, audience, text and context; explaining what each component means in a rhetorical situation. The website also described the history of rhetoric and how it originated. How is it useful?: After reading the article I'm now more educated on the rhetoric and have a better understanding on how it works. It explained it more in depth and gave examples on where and how it is used. Why is it useful? The article clearly defined a rhetorical situation as a set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person. Along with this defintion there were also examples making this very easy to understand. How is it credible? The website is a teachers tool defining terms and explaining them to help teachers convey the message to students. The site was created by Purdue University, thus making all of its content legitimate. Why is it credible? The website contains a very wide variety of information, explaining many different topics. A website that contains that much information wouldn't waste it's time delivering flase information. Citation: Kunka, J. (n.d). The Rhetorical Situation. Retrieved October 31, 2009, from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/01/

Exigency Summary This website talks about the Exigency. "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." This is a quote describing exigency from the book, Rhetorical Situation, by Lloyd Bitzer. Exigence is one of the three components that make up the "rhetorical situation". In other words exigency is and event that causes the need for rhetor. How/why useful This website is helpful because it also talks about the Rhetorical situation, audience, and constraints. It is useful because it provides references to a book which make it more credible. It is useful because everything is organized. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. It also has quotes that refer to a book called Rhetorical Situation by Lloyd Bitzer. The way the topics are organized also make this site more credible. Citation K.Heenan@asu.edu. (Copyright Fall 2005). English 472: Rhetorical Studies, Fall 2005.' In The Rhetorical Situation. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from' http://www.public.asu.edu/~kheenan/courses/472/f05/bitzervatz.htm.

Summary: This article briefly describes the purpose of author in the rhetorical situation. The page is asking all of the questions necessary to set up a rhetorical situation. Author is defined with the use of simple examples and questions to help you figure out how to use author in a rhetorical situation. The page also defines the other parts of the rhetorical situation and defines rhetorical situation itself. How is it useful? The article defines author by telling you things to consider when interpreting who the author is. It says to consider background, experience, education, affiliations, and value of the author to better determine the author's part in the situation. Why is it useful? The article's simplicity helps make it useful. There is no hunting for definitions or searching through paragraphs of information, the definition is clearly stated. How is it credible? It is credible because it adapted from a book called Perspectives on Argument by Nancy Wood. It seems like a very credible definition based on its roots from where it was generated from. Why is it credible? The article was taken from a book and then posted on the web for students use. The definitions are correct and there seems to be no suspicious things about the site. Citation: Wood, N. (2001). Perspectives on Argument. Retrieved on October 31, 2009, from http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/trace.html \n

Summary: The site I found is a power point that lists all of the components of the rhetorical situation and defines them. Audience was clearly defined and the author gave examples on how to write to a specific audience. The author said that an audience is needed when writing on the rhetorical situation. Without an audience the writing will lack purpose and therefore not do anybody any good.\nHow is it useful? The site was very useful and helped me gain a better understanding on the audience's role in the rhetorical situation. The author asked questions that the writer should consider when writing to an audience. The author would ask a question like "To whom am I writing?" then answer it with description on the different kinds of audiences you can have. The author also informed that you need to research your audience; you need to know specific information so that you can write something that will interest them. \nWhy is it useful? The site was a very easy to read document. It made finding answers quick and easy. Everything is organized and the information is well explained and backed up with examples. If I were writing a paper on rhetorical situation I would use this site. I found what I was looking for in a matter of seconds and found a lot of information on the subject in question.\nHow is it credible? The information in the site was written by Alisa Cooper from South Mountain Community College. The site was probably used as a study guide for her students. It would not be a very good study guide if the information was false. The website is also a .edu meaning it's for education purposes.\nWhy is it credible? The information in the site was taken from a book called Reasoning and Writing Well 3rd Edition. If the teacher drew her information from this book the information must be accurate. Every page of the document has her name on it, the schools name and the date it was published. Citation: Cooper Alisa (2004) Rhetorical Situation: Reasoning and Writing Well 3rd E

Summary: This article briefly describes the purpose of author in the rhetorical situation. The page is asking all of the questions necessary to set up a rhetorical situation. Author is defined with the use of simple examples and questions to help you figure out how to use author in a rhetorical situation. The page also defines the other parts of the rhetorical situation and defines rhetorical situation itself. How is it useful? The article defines author by telling you things to consider when interpreting who the author is. It says to consider background, experience, education, affiliations, and value of the author to better determine the author's part in the situation. Why is it useful? The article's simplicity helps make it useful. There is no hunting for definitions or searching through paragraphs of information, the definition is clearly stated. How is it credible? It is credible because it adapted from a book called Perspectives on Argument by Nancy Wood. It seems like a very credible definition based on its roots from where it was generated from. Why is it credible? The article was taken from a book and then posted on the web for students use. The definitions are correct and there seems to be no suspicious things about the site. Citation: Wood, N. (2001). Perspectives on Argument. Retrieved October 31, 2009, from http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/trace.html

Summary: The site I found teaches you the context of a rhetorical situation. Context is the surroundings that will influence the rhetorical situation. The site also defined rhetorical situation itself and the other components of the rhetorical situation. The site was in a very easy to use format, mimicking the pages of a book. It was a very organized site helping find information quickly and easily. How is it useful? The site was useful because of its clear definition on the term context. It defined context through examples. One example was you have to give a speech and the speech was set to happen right after lunch. There is a good chance that people coming back from lunch will be a little sleepy. The context of this situation is that the speech was held after lunch, thus affecting your speech. Knowing this, you could combat it by asking the audience questions or doing an exercise where they have to stand up and move around. Why was it useful? Using examples to define a term is a very effective strategy. Before reading the article I was a little shady on the role of context in the rhetorical situation, but the use of examples has helped my understanding. The organization of this site was also a useful tool. The site is very well laid out and each subject has a clear bold heading. There are also many examples used in the site. It doesn't just use one; it uses many examples each containing a different form of context. How is it credible? The information on the site is an excerpt from a book. It contains information on how to cite it and it contains a page that outlines the usage rights. I researched the book and I could not find an author. I think the book is a co-written project that involves many different people. The book could also still be under construction. At the end of each page there are citations containing many different names. I think these citations are where information was pulled from to create the information above. Why is it credible? The sit

Summary: The site I found is a power point that lists all of the components of the rhetorical situation and defines them. Audience was clearly defined and the author gave examples on how to write to a specific audience. The author said that an audience is needed when writing on the rhetorical situation. Without an audience the writing will lack purpose and therefore not do anybody any good. How is it useful? The site was very useful and helped me gain a better understanding on the audience's role in the rhetorical situation. The site had good examples educating on how to write to a specific audience. The author asked questions that the writer should consider when writing to an audience. The author would ask the question and then briefly describe the question in further detail. The author would ask a question like "To whom am I writing?" then answer it with description on the different kinds of audiences you can have. The author also informed that you need to research your audience; you need to know specific information so that you can write something that will interest them. Why is it useful? The site was a very easy to read document. It made finding answers quick and easy. Everything is organized and the information is well explained and backed up with examples. If I were writing a paper on rhetorical situation I would use this site. I found what I was looking for in a matter of seconds and found a lot of information on the subject in question. How is it credible? The information in the site was written by Alisa Cooper from South Mountain Community College. The site was probably used as a study guide for her students. It would not be a very good study guide if the information was false. The website is also a .edu meaning it's for education purposes. Why is it credible? The information in the site was taken from a book called Reasoning and Writing Well 3rd Edition. If the teacher drew her information from this book the information must be accurate. Eve

The goal is the purpose, motive, or reason for writing. there are two basic types of goals, general, or specific. I found this site useful it helper a lot in helping me understand goal. This is credible it is from South Mountain Community College.

After reding this power point and reveiwing the information provided. I found that it was easier to understand the rhetorical term "author". Althought the inforamtion did not have a certain author it was still help ful because it made all of the rhetorical terms basic and easy to understand. there fore i believe that this website is good and can provide good information.\ncreditable by:http://www.diigo.com/user/wesnells?domain=www.libarts.uco.edu

Author Summary This website is about the Rhetorical situation. It provides a description of Author. According to the website, the author is directly affected by all the other elements of the rhetorical situation. An author is someone or some people, responsible for a certain presentation of communication. That person is unbiased and has a reason or purpose for the text. Other topics discussed in the website are purpose, context, topic and audience. How/why useful This website is very useful because it provides detailed examples for each of the elements that make up the Rhetorical Situation. It is very easy to navigate the website because it provides links that direct you to a description of the selected topic. Other links on this website lead you to tips or questions about the topic, analysis and definition. The examples provided also vary. You can choose from a work related example, school related, and home related. How/why credible (Any other time I would not use a website like this because it has no visible title or author.) This website is credible because my teacher was the creator. Also because it is a .edu website. Other things that contribute to the credibility of the website are, the simplicity of switching from topic to topic, the various different examples given, and it has no flashing pictures of bears. Citation Shelly Rodriguo. (n.d.). No title. In http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~rrodrigo/lessons/rhet.sit/rhetorical_situation.swf. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~rrodrigo/lessons/rhet.sit/rhetorical_situation.swf.

The reason that I chose this particular article was due to the fact I was beginning to have issues finding the word exigency linked to Rhetorical Situation. This site does however explain the word and in turn it can then be used properly in context with a rhetorical situation. If you dont know what it means, then you can't use it.

Rhetorical Situations Summary: In reading the information found on this website I found that rhetorical situations is best described as features of audience, purpose, and exigency that create moments for a response. Basically in blatant terms it allows the reader to highlight or pull out the message the writer is trying to get across and why the writer wanted to make the statement in the first place or even who the author is or maybe the modality of the passage. How and why resource useful? This site is useful in many ways. First is that it gives the reader a great definition of what rhetorical situations is. Secondly the passage also give some sort of examples for what the definition is like, as I said above where it may tell you a little bit about the author or, what the goal is or maybe just what makes the writer want to write the passage. How and why is resource credible? The reason why I picked this website is not only because it had good information that I could use but it had great credibility on the site. The one major credibility is that it comes from an education website as you can tell the URL is .edu. Citation: * The Pennsylvania State University | Privacy and Legal Statements Contact the Composition Program | Last modified Aug 13, 2008

This particular document explains how an author of a Rhetorical Situation needs to know what factors come into play when addressing an audience. It also goes on to explain as to what air the speech should take. And also how to deliver.

After reading this website i now understand the rhetorical term context better. This website was very good because it have a definition of context. The website also gives examples of context in a rhetorical situation. I believe that this website is creditable because it is stated that it is from the University writing center. therefore i think that website is useful and creditable enough to use as a reference.

After reading this PDF file i was able to understand the rhetorical situation even better than before. I like this link because it gave examples and visual aids that help me understand rhetorical situation. Therefore i think this site is good.

The Rhetorical Situation Summary I understand that this website does not define "goal" in our list of rhetorical terms but I believe that "goal" is the combination of these other two terms, a thesis and a purpose. This website describes a thesis statement as being a sense of direction for the paper. This means that you are informing the reader what direction you are going with the paper and sums up the conclusions you have come up with. It also describes the purpose statement as being very similar to thesis statement with the exception that a purpose statement does not specifically give the idea of the conclusions the author has. I believe that both of these terms accurately define "goal" in our list of rhetorical terms. How/why useful .This website is very useful because it defines both terms in simple language easy enough for me to understand. I found the examples that were given very useful and definitely helped understand the meanings of the two terms. The reason is that the website gives both good and bad examples, which make it easier to relate to my own experiences. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. I think this is also a university website. Another thing that makes this site more credible is that is has links that redirect you to other helpful sources. Citation UW-Madison Writing Center. (Last updated: Friday, October 23, 2009 ). UW-Madison Writing Center. In Thesis and Purpose Statements. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Thesis_or_Purpose.html.

This particular document is a college class syllabus that was penned by a english teacher. The way that the subject matter was presented was in a very easy to read format. It had multiple examples in which the material could be used.The teacher is a fifteen year veteran of the classroom with a M.A in English as well as a B.A in literature. I found this link very informative .

Author: This website had a lot of good information on it about the author in a rhetorical situation. If you want what your writing about to act mad or sad, you need you use your words, to describe the way they feel. You need to describe to the reader what is happening in your writing. You have to be Involved in what you are writing, and have voice in your writing, so it draws the reader in, and always double check your work. This paragraph is very resourceful, it gives you examples of how you can make your paper better, and it goes to get detail in how you can capture your reader, and make your paper really good. It shows you great examples of what to do. Be captured in your reading and so will the reader. This website is credible. It is used only for educational purposes.