EmpoWord - A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers, 2018a

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Chapter Vocabulary
Vocabulary
learning community
genre
rhetorical situation
Definition
a network of learners and teachers, each equipped and
empowered to provide support through horizontal power
relations. Values diversity insofar as it encourages growth
and perspective, but also inclusivity. Also, a community that
learns by adapting to its unique needs and advantages.
a specific category, subcategory, style, form, or medium (or
combination of the above) of rhetoric. A genre may have a
“generic imperative,” which is an expectation or set of
expectations an audience holds for a particular genre of
rhetoric; the foundational assumptions that particular
genres carry.
the circumstances in which rhetoric is produced,
understood using the constituent elements of subject,
occasion, audience, and purpose. Each element of the
rhetorical situation carries assumptions and imperatives
about the kind of rhetoric that will be well received.
Rhetorical situation will also influence mode and medium.