Rhetorical Situations - Isaiah Jones

A rhetorical situation is

• any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person.
• the context of a rhetorical act, made up of a speaker, an issue, and an audience.
• refers to all of the features of audience, purpose, and exigence that serves to create a moment suitable for a rhetorical response.