D#2, HW#5--Deadline#2 How do rhetorical situations compare?

Purpose: Justifying getting my parents to buy me a truck.
Author: Me
Audience: My Mom and Dad
Topic: Buy a truck for school and work


What motivated me to conduct the research?

I was told that if I can justify my need for having a truck that they would get one for me.

What was the topic or subject or your research? Was the topic rooted to a specific time and location? Why or why not?

My topic was “the justification of me getting my own truck.” The topic was rooted in to a specific time and location because I was leaving home to attend college and to get a part time job to help pay for my college expenses. I need the truck as soon as possible.

Who was the audience for your research? Who was affected by the results? Who might have been an unintended audience that was affected your research? How did knowing your audience affect your research?

My audience was my parents. In addition to my parents, I was affected by the results. There were no other affected persons. By knowing that my audience was my parents, I was able to use some emotional pleas to get them to agree that getting me a truck was in everyone’s best interest.

As the Author, what was your experience with this topic before you began to research it? What was your experience with the audience? How did your experience affect your research?

I had a car in high school but I bought it myself. I have gotten things before from them – small experiences. This was my first time trying to justify such a big purchase with my parents so there was no real affect for anything before.


How do your rhetorical situations compare with those of other members of your class? How do your processes for adapting to the specific rhetorical situation compare?

I do not know. I’ll have to read some blogs before I can answer this.