Week 2 Blog #3 Rhetorical Situation When Bitzer defined rhetorical situation, he defined it as a mode of altering reality, not by the direct application of energy to objects, but by the creation of discourse which changes reality through the mediation of thought and action. I would define rhetorical situation as changing the way something really happens by changing the action of the situation. An example of rhetorical situation is “You discover that several children in your child’s school are being bullied but your school district has no anti-bullying program. You want speak at the next board meeting to persuade the the school board to develop and implement such a program.” (https://www.quora.com/What-are-examples-of-a-rhetorical-situation). In context, they’re trying to use a rhetorical situation to persuade the school board to start an anti-bullying program for the school. I would say rhetorical situation relates to genre because it can still be viewed your own way. When you’re using a rhetorical situation, you’re seeing your point of view and persuading other people to see it the same way you do.