The word exigence comes from Latin word for « need ». It was popularized in Lloyd Bitzer’s study of rhetoric in « Rhetorical Situations » (« Philosophy and Rhetoric », 1968).

Where did the word Exigence come from?

Exigence (a term coined by a rhetorician named Lloyd Bitzer in 1968) from Latin for « need ». « It basically has to do with the need of the situation. Emergencies are something that can be solved through rhetoric.

What is the urgent need in rhetoric?

Emergency situations: event or event that triggers rhetorical discourse; There is an urgent need to start a « loop » of rhetorical discourse about a particular issue.

What is a state of emergency?

1: what is needed in a specific situation – Often used in the plural, exceptionally swift in responding to the emergencies of modern warfare – DB Ottaway. 2a: The quality or state of urgency. b : A state of affairs that calls for an emergency, and the leader must act in any sudden emergency.

What determines whether an issue has Exigence?

Emergencies are just a problem need to be resolved.

It could be a situation or just a problem that causes someone to write or talk about it in a public setting (such as a formal speech or article) so that it can be addressed appropriately. There can be rhetorical and non-rhetorical emergencies.

AP English Language and Composition: Exigence

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