Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Rhetoric Continued
Yesterday we looked at Obama's speech as a form of rhetoric. The "rhetoric situation" of the speech fit in exactly with the reading by demonstrating the 3 parts needed for the situation. The Muslim holiday proved to be the exigence which also was connected to the intended audience. There were also some constraints such as the 9-11 terrorist attacks and the controversy over the proposed mosque to be near ground zero. Even though the rhetorical situation is defined as 3 separate parts. I believe the 3 parts are all closely related and can be replaced by each other. What is used as the constraints in this speech are actually there own exigence. This particular speech is also somewhat taken out of context because we were not directly the intended audience, but for a President everyone is always listening.
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I agree that Obama's speech was a form of rhetoric. The speech met every criteria we read about in the "Rhetorical Situation" reading. There was an exigence, audience, constraints, the response was fitting and came after the situation. I also agree that while we were not at this dinner, it is acceptable for us to be considered the audience since the speech was made public for everyone to read.
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