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Unit 2: Organizing Information for a Specific Audience
AP English Language and Composition — Note Packet
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Key Terms
Rhetorical Situation
The concept that dictates every single choice a writer makes, including their organizational choices.
Audience
The specific of people the writer is trying to reach and _________.
Purpose
The *why* a writer is writing – to inform, to , to entertain.
Exigence
The spark, the immediate for writing, that prompts the writer to create a text.
Context
The broader historical, cultural, and social surrounding a text.
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