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The audience are the listeners or spectators at a speech or performance, or the intended readership for a piece of writing. The audience of a pleading includes the defendant, the defendant's lawyer, the jurors, the judge, and the court system where the cases get filed.

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The person responsible for the discourse is the plaintiffs lawyer. They are the ones that draft the pleading and bring it into court. The purpose of the discourse is to let the defendant know that there is a lawsuit being brought up against them. Not only is the plaintiff's lawyer responsible for the dissouse, the defendant's lawyer also uses their authorial voice to provide notice to the plaintiff of the defendant's intentions with regard to the suit.

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The constraints lawyers feel while writing pleadings include different restrictions that the court systems put on what information can be contained in a pleading. Another constraint lawyers have when writing pleadings is the very strict format they have to follow in order to include all of the necessary information.

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Exigence is the event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse. The event that prompts rhetorical discourse in the genre of pleadings is when a lawsuit is instituted concerning a specific controversy or controversies. Someone filing a lawsuit is the first step in opening the rhetorical discourse about pleadings.

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When a lawsuit is filed, the documents that are filed into the court record at the start of a case by defendants and plaintiffs are called pleadings. The plaintiff submits a complaint stating the cause of action and the defendant submits an answer to the complaint that states his or her defenses. The main purpose of a pleading is to provide notice to a defendant that a lawsuit has been put into place concerning a specific problem.

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Lawyers are known for spending a lot of their time in court settings, it is surprising to find out that a major part of their job deals with formal writing. Lawyers compose a multitude of different genres of writing. They write legal documents, requests, letters, appeals, statements, motions, pleadings, and memorandums. These are all the most common types of writings lawyers take part in throughout their careers. However, the main focus of this padlet is on the genre of pleadings. This includes information about what pleadings are, how/when they are used, and what needs to be included to fit the qualifications of a pleading.

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The requirements for a pleading:

(a) Must include a caption that includes the names of parties. Every pleading must have a caption with the court's name, a title, a file number, and a Rule 7(a) designation.

(b) Must include paragraphs that contain separate statements. A party must state its claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs.

(c) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits. A statement in a pleading may be adopted by reference elsewhere in the same pleading or in any other pleading or motion.

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These are four examples of pleadings. They are all cases between Paul Plaintiff and Doug Sample. The first example deals with the issue of a breach in contract. The second example follows a case about a motor vehicle accident. The third case is about premises liability. And the fourth one is about product liability.

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A short video describing what pleadings are, as well as, what they do inside the court system.

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What Are Pleadings: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/pleading

What Makes a Pleading: https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_10

Video: https://lawshelf.com/videocoursesmoduleview/pleadings-and-motions-module-2-of-5