Key terms

Week 4 key terms

Audience: spectators, group of people participating.

Genre: category of creative style or subject matter.

Rhetorical Situation: a context for the writing and where it's shared, perhaps to change perspectives.

Reflection: serious thoughts and considerations for doing things.

Discourse community: a group of individuals that discuss what they learn and know.

Purpose: the reason or intention of why a writer writes.

Context: where the writing is situated.

Knowledge: information gathered concerning a topic.