Rhetorical Situation

Comprised of the Rhetoric Triangle, Purpose, Context, and Motivation

SOAPS

Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker

ASPECT

• Audience
• Speaker
• Purpose (”to”)
• Exigence (issue/problem/situation prompts writer to create text - motivation)
  • Can be irrelevant if the writer is writing for monetary gain

• Context (when + where text was created; historical social political contexts important)
• Thesis (Message)