OWL: Rhetorical Situtations
This site beautifully explains what rhetoric and rhetorical situations are. Seen excerpt from site in note below.
"This expanded perception has led a number of more contemporary rhetorical philosophers to suggest that rhetoric deals with more than just persuasion. Instead of just persuasion, rhetoric is the set of methods people use to identify with each other—to encourage each other to understand things from one another’s perspectives." (see Burke 25). Burke, Kenneth. A Rhetoric of Motives. Berkeley: U of California P, 1969.