GRAPE

GRAPE is an acronym for Genre, Rhetoric, Audience, Purpose, and Exigence. They are the main aspects needed for effective writing. I learned that all these aspects work together in many different ways to create good writing. I never really understood exigence until I read about it. It is a lot like a purpose, however it is mainly an issue or problem that instigates the writing. I also learned that these concepts are very much intertwined. You cannot have an audience without a purpose as to why you have that audience and you cannot have a purpose without having an audience to give it to. I can use these tools in my writing by simply remembering their meanings and applying them as I write. As I do so, I know that my writing can and will become not only more understandable, but also more persuasive and efficient in the way it is presented.