In the essay “No Big Deal”: The Prevalence and Acceptability of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs on College Campuses by Tarika Sankar, the rhetorical situation that the Sankar raises are made up of herself as the speaker, the issue of nonmusical use of prescription drugs, aimed towards an audience of college students along with anyone who can help prove the negative effects of using prescription drugs. The author transitions her personal experience of hearing college students talk about taking prescription drugs to public experience by referring to research done by a variety of groups such as “University of Akron”, “University of Louisville”, and “Midwestern University”. To make this transition the author uses facts, and descriptive language.