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-Exigence is a thought out and planned idea, delivered in a way that an appropriate response will be triggered.  Cause and effect came to mind when reading this section of the article; there is a reason for the events and questions presented in discourse.  An example may be buying your boss a present on their birthday.  Whether you actually like this person enough to buy them a present or not, you care enough about how they perceive you to do it. 

-The rhetor plays the role of the messenger.  This is the way that an idea is presented to the audience.  In a way, the rhetor is responsible for how a situation is created and perhaps how it is accepted as well.  An example could be the announcement of a college sports scandal.  The initial response is going to be outrage at the event that took place, but having the star player of the team address the media may help numb the response.

-The audience is essentially the reason for a discourse.  If a writing is being published, a speech being written, or a movie being filmed; it is meant to be read, heard, or watched.  The audience is the motive behind this and the reason for what ideas are being put into them. 

-Constraints are what holds back the discourse.  These are what gets in the way of the rhetor successfully delivering the message that they want the audience to take with them.  This may be physical, like a print being published for after school programs to under privileged children, but not having the means to get into the right neighborhoods.  Or, this may be emotional, like talking about a touchy situation on television but not wanting to offend a certain audience.