Question

you have a long article to read for one of your required classes. before you start reading, you check the assignment, and you see that you will need to write a summary of the article. which part of your rhetorical situation as a reader are you considering?

○ design

○ stance

○ audience

○ purpose

Explanation:

The rhetorical situation's purpose refers to the goal of the communication/reading task. Here, the reader is identifying that their goal for reading is to create a summary, which aligns with considering the purpose of the reading task. Design relates to the structure of the text, stance is the author's or reader's position, and audience refers to who the communication is directed at—none of these fit the scenario.

Answer:

purpose