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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

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.

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.

Provides info on multiple terms and extra links for other info on seperate sites.credible by Copyright © 2009 Philip M. Parker, INSEAD

Summary: Exigency is described as what made the author want to write something, what motivated him as far as if it was something sad, beautiful, terrible, life change anything that impacted the writer into writing a novel poem note or whatever they wanted. How and why is this resource useful? This is a very useful site in that in puts it in a form that shows you what each step actually is and it starts each section telling you what the definition for each one is ad along with that it refers it back to a example to show you exactly how it's used. How and why is this site credible? This site is credible by where it came from and also that its marked as a educational site Citation: written in 2006 by New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission's e-learning Collaborative Development Fund (eCDF)

Exigency: The Exigency that you write could be, your values as a writer, or even how a life experience touched you. Writers often write about something in their life, sometimes they are problems, and other times they can be something good. This makes writers get into their writing, and describe how they feel, capturing the reader. This website was good. It explained what motivates most writers to write well. This web site was credible because it was from Colorado State Universary.

Context Summary This website is about providing context in writing. It states that not a lot of writers realize or understand that context in reality is not just meant to quickly grab the attention of the reader, or as the author of the article describes it, "a lead-in to the meat of the text." It means answering all the questions the reader may have. Context informs the reader whether the text is in their best interest to read. Some of the questions the reader may have are, "is this something that fits my aptitude?" and "What was the exigency for this piece?". According to the article, good context is achieved after you have completed a first draft. How/why useful I found this website and article to be very useful because it provided a definition in the form of a question. I found it easier to understand by putting myself in the position of the reader because the questions that are mentioned are the typical questions a reader would ask. Another thing that I found useful about this website is that at the bottom of the page it provides completed citations for you to use. These include MLA style, APA style and Chicago style. How/why credible This website is credible because the purpose of this website is to provide articles that can be revised and rated depending on the level of usefulness. It is in essay format and does not provide links about examples of context. The website does allow you to become a member and become a contributor. It also provides links to other related articles and has a search function. Citation Sumerset, J. (2009, October 15).In How to Provide Context When Writing. Retrieved November 8, 2009, from http://ezinearticles.com/?How-¬to-¬Provide-¬Context-¬When-¬Writing&id=3096277

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