Writing about Writing

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1. Can you imagine a case where a person is simultaneously a rhetor and an audience for the same rhetorical situation? Have you ever been that rhetor-audience? Please share your story or imagined scenario. Alternatively, share why you think this is an impossible situation.
A case where a person is a rhetor and audience simultaneously is when writing in a personal journal or diary. The individual is a rhetor in that they are the one writing the content, and the audience assuming what is writing is only intended for them to read. When I was younger, I did take part in this rhetor-audience scenario. I used to occasionally write in a journal and I would also occasionally read  the old entries.          


2. As a writer, how would it help you to be aware of your rhetorical situation and the constraint it creates? (page 510 question no. 5)

As a writer, my rhetorical situation shapes and forms context around what I write. The constraints that my rhetorical situation creates are lack of understanding of my writing from those who read it.
Being aware of my rhetorical situation helps provide my readers with context on my rhetorical situation in order to help them understand my writing.

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3. How would you define exigence? Why does exigence matter in rhetorical situations? (What difference does it make?

The text defines an exigence as a problem or need that can be addressed in communication. I think that an exigence is the reason that an interaction is occurring. For example, the reason (problem) that a food store is advertising their products is to sell them, and the reason (need) they have an audience is the need to eat in order to function. Exigences are really the basis of rhetorical situations. They explain the reason the situation comes together.


4. Think about Tia Baheri's post, "Your Ability to Can Even: A Defense of Internet Linguistics." How does what Baheri have to say in her post reflect the primary threshold concept of this unit? What connections can you make between this post and the things Downs and Grant-Davie have said about rhetoric in out textbook? When have you encountered ideas such as "the internet ruins language"? What are your thoughts about this idea?

Tia Baheri's post agrees with the primary threshold concept that rhetoric is shaped by technology. Baheri's post focuses on how the narrative has changed for current generations. Her article agrees with both Downs and Grant-Davie. The audience is a determining factor in the narrative that is used. I often encounter ideas of Internet ruining language from adults who believe that all young adults and teenagers speak using abbreviations acquired from the internet. While there is some truth to the convenience and popularity of this method, not all young adults speak this way. Many young adults speak using full words and sentences.

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 5. Name one concept from this lesson that you most struggle(d) to understand. What about this concept, term, or idea is troublesome? What do you currently think it means, whether you feel certain or not?

The concept that I have struggled with is constraints. I understand that part of the definition that speaks about it limiting the response, but I do not understand what it means by focusing the response if constraints are limiting. Focusing the response can mean that constraints can also limit the outside variables so that the problem is dealt with.