Explain both the rhetorical situation and rhetorical conventions of speaking opportunities

Using the classroom setting for this course as the venue, discuss both, and describe the
guidelines you use in planning your speeches for this course and why.
What will be an ideal response?


Rhetorical situation is defined as being the elements (speaker, audience, topic, purpose
and context) of a communication that interact and influence each other and the
communication.  Rhetorical conventions is defined as the culture-specific manner in
which messages are expected to be prepared and delivered in a particular context.
Answers will vary for the remainder of the response.

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