Bitzer, Devitt & Miller & Others Flashcards
Lloyd Bitzer argued
that rhetoric comes into being by responding to a situation.
Locus
A particular position, point, or place.
Amy Devitt specializes in
genre theory.
According to Devitt, why do genres develop?
Because they respond appropriately to situations that writers encounter repeatedly.
Carolyn Miller is a leading professor in the field of
technical communication.
A rhetorically sound definition of genre must be
centred on the action it is used to accomplish.
Who is Mary Jo Reiff?
a professor who studies rhetoric and composition
Who wrote: “I immediately called on my genre knowledge - my past experience with reading and writing similar texts in similar situations - to orient me to the expectations of this genre”?
Mary Jo Reiff
Who said, “It is this kind of genre theory with its failures that have caused the discredit of the very notion of genre, bringing about, in turn, its disuse and the disrepair many of us found it in”?
Anne Freadman
Who spoke of the locus?
Lloyd Bitzer
Who said, “The courtroom is the locus for several kinds of situations generating the speech of accusation, the speech of defense, the charge to the jury”
Lloyd Bitzer
Repetition of a situation that uses the first response as a basis for the second may start the creation of…
a new genre
How has the definition of genre changed since Bitzer?
genres are now viewed as even more than repeating rhetorical situations
Who said that genres have the power to help or hurt human interaction?
Devitt
What is the benefit of knowing what genre should be used in writing?
it can help people accomplish goals
