Bitzer And Vatz's Theory Of A Rhetorical Situation

Rhetoric is defined to be the art of effective persuasion within speaking and writing. The importance of a rhetorical situation was to have the ability to manipulate the audience with persuasion and to think of the certain topic that was once given in the current event. Rhetoric can be acted within the bounds on interaction the speaker (rhetor), audience, current issue, and the medium. As a result, these actions, conduct to creating a rhetorical situation. Also, the rhetorical situation was further defined by rhetorical theories. These theories spoke by two opposing sides that have a common goal of defining rhetorical situations further. The opposing sides were known to be Lloyd F. Bitzer and Richard Vatz. As Bitzer’s theory was based on a situation which existed within the reality that demanded a response, he explained a rhetorical discourse creates a rhetorical situation. Bitzer believed in order to persuade the audience, it required exigence, audience, and constraints. Bitzer …show more content…
Every situation is different and requires multiple factors to find a resolution. It can be based either facts or morality and can already create or be interpreted as an appropriate response as well. This is shown through Bitzer and Vatz. A situation requires a long process that leads to the persuasion of their audience. The audience is ones to decide within themselves to agree or disagree their argument. As the aspects, I agree with all certain aspects that Vatz and Bitzer had discussed within their theories. It is because in an argument, to understand my position of the argument, I have to interpret the meaning of the situation in my point of view. Also, I have to use facts and reasoning to create a fitting response based on the situation and the level of persuasion that was used to persuade my audience. As the audience has the choice to decide to agree or disagree with the