A.  Define/ Describe the three elements of The Rhetorical Situation

·        Exigence

·        Audience

·        Constraints

 for each of these cases

1.    You creating an anti-smoking public service campaign on campus.

2.    Students organizing a persuasive effort to get better computer network service in dorms.

3.    President Obama for his State of the Union Address this month.

B.  Consider the following TAP.

·        Thesis – Illinois should adopt the “Amber Alert” system.

·        Audience – Members of the Illinois State Legislature

·        Purpose – to persuade them to vote “yes” on the pending “Amber Alert” bill.

          1.  Change one of the above.  Then determine how the other two must be redefined.

          2.  Change another one of the above.  Then determine how the other two must be redefined.