Rhetorical Situation Examples

Rhetorical situation, audience and genre is a key factor in any kind of communication. An example of these three aspects working together can be found in the Associated Press article about the robotic salamander and the Pennisi reading. In the Pennisi reading, its main purpose is to be an informative piece about the similarities to their robotic salamander, to live salamanders in order to imply how water animals first began walking on land. The Pennisi reading was meant for a non-specialist audience, but also for audiences interested in science or researchers that are interested in keeping up with the topic. The genre was clearly displayed in the title, as an informative scientific article. An example of a rhetorical situation is found in the article as the author builds her own credibility. In the second paragraph of the article the author implies that the construction of the salamander robot was a perfect and necessary tool to the evolutionary field by referencing another …show more content…
The article was meant for a non-specialist audience, since no jargons or scientific vocabulary was used. The genre was clearly stated as the article was associated with the video of the salamander and was meant for an audience expecting a scientific article. An example of a rhetorical situation is found in the 8th paragraph of the article as the author generalizes that robots are the perfect demonstration to test different models in biology by referencing biologist researchers. The author uses the same tactic as the article before, by building their credibility through a biologist researcher quote, but also to strengthen his point. The author also uses linguistic and spatial to create space between his written document to allow the audience to read easier, similar to the Pennisi article (Schmid,