{"id":437,"date":"2021-04-28T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingspaces-org.jvn.jad.mybluehost.me\/mvetter\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2021-09-10T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:00:27","slug":"exigency-what-makes-my-message-indispensable-to-my-reader","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/past-volumes\/exigency-what-makes-my-message-indispensable-to-my-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Exigency: What Makes My Message Indispensable to My Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quentin Vieregge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volume 3<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/vieregge-exigency-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Exigency: What Makes My Message Indispensable to My Reader..\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/vieregge-exigency-1.pdf\">Exigency: What Makes My Message Indispensable to My Reader<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/vieregge-exigency-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This essay defines the word exigency and explains its value as a way of gaining and holding a reader\u2019s interest. Exigency is defined as not simply explaining why a topic matters generally, but why it should matter specifically at this time and place and for one\u2019s intended readership. Four different strategies for invoking exigency are given with specific examples from student writing, journalistic writing, and trade books to clarify each strategy. Special attention is given to remind students of their rhetorical context, the interests of their readership, their readers\u2019 predispositions towards the subject matter and thesis (sympathetic, neutral, or antagonistic), and the possibility of connecting their thesis with larger issues, concerns, or values shared by the writer and his or her readers. 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