This creative Halloween-inspired activity helps students deepen their understanding of rhetorical situation using the SPACE CAT framework (Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone). Students design or describe a Halloween costume that fits a specific rhetorical situation — then explain their rhetorical choices, appeals, and tone in a short presentation or written reflection. It’s equal parts creative and analytical, perfect for a pre-Halloween Friday, a review