Grant-Davie Key Terms & Guiding Questions
Key Terms
Exigence
Discourse
Stasis Theory
Rhetors
Audience
constraints
Guiding Questions
How does Grant-Davie's articulation of a rhetorical situation compare to Cooper's concept of the ecology of writing, or with Spinuzzi's description of context?
Why might it be important to focus on both ecology and rhetorical situation?
How can we work to write for rhetorical situations outside of the classroom rather than the rhetorical situation of the classroom? Why is this important?
Have you ever analyzed your rhetorical situation in the way Grant-Davie recommends, especially with a focus on exigence? How might it change how you write to do so?