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Finding the Gold: Reading and Using Academic Rhetorical Research
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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
1
Once a rhetorical analysis study is published it is available to ________________________________.
A)
graduate students
B)
professors with a Ph.D.
C)
anyone with access to it
D)
peer scholars
E)
a and b
2
A JFS provides justification for the _____________.
A)
study
B)
student
C)
stasis
D)
scholar
E)
state
3
A JFS that would make sense to an uncle in Omaha would be an ______________ JFS.
A)
internal
B)
automatic
C)
entry
D)
external
E)
outside
4
A JFS that would only make sense to an academically qualified peer critic would be an ___________________ JFS.
A)
external
B)
inside
C)
underwritten
D)
internal
E)
auxiliary
5
By learning how to read and "decode" an academic analysis article you place yourself in a position to ____________________ the work of scholars working on important public communication issues.
A)
inform
B)
overhear
C)
dismiss
D)
avoid
E)
calculate
6
By providing both internal and external JFSs for readers many rhetorical scholars build a case for ____________ study is worthy or necessary.
A)
when a particular
B)
discovering if a
C)
which particular
D)
why a particular
E)
illustrating that a
7
Communication so far as we know cannot occur without ____________.
A)
intent
B)
evaluation
C)
messages
D)
telephonic devices
E)
hope
8
__________________ are most often interested in analysis of public messages.
A)
Rhetorical critics
B)
Interpersonal experts
C)
Communication scientists
D)
Rock stars
E)
Oceanographers
9
Messages that reach a mass audience ___________ result in an enduring artifact.
A)
never
B)
sometimes
C)
rarely
D)
always
E)
tentatively
10
Sky writing done by a pilot in a airplane results in _________________________.
A)
an enduring artifact
B)
a headache
C)
a message with no artifact
D)
a temporary artifact
E)
none of the above
11
A JFA seeks to provide a __________________ for an artifact under study.
A)
journal
B)
jealousy
C)
jacinth
D)
jargon
E)
justification
12
While JFSs can have both internal and external versions, a JFA can ________________________ have both external and external versions.
A)
only
B)
also
C)
never
D)
rarely
E)
on no account
13
A quick way to make a decision about an internal or external justification is to use the ___________________________ test.
A)
orange juice examination
B)
oatmeal consistency
C)
streetcar color
D)
airline seat
E)
rock and roll dance
14
Most rhetorical critics _______________ state a direct research question.
A)
rarely
B)
always
C)
completely
D)
interrogatively
E)
expect to
15
A solid research question establishes a focus on what the rhetorical critic was trying to ______________________.
A)
use
B)
change
C)
discover
D)
meld
E)
characterize
16
The method portion of a rhetorical criticism analysis addresses what tools or approach the critic is using.
A)
True
B)
False
17
Daughton discovered that metaphoric images used in FDR's speech had few recognizable relationships with cultural norms and expectations.
A)
True
B)
False
18
Daughton's research (and that of other rhetorical critics interested in metaphors) demonstrates that metaphors are primary tools in the construction of public messages.
A)
True
B)
False
19
Studies of presidential speeches can only use JFAs instead of JFSs.
A)
True
B)
False
20
The English word "message" comes from a Latin verb that meant "to lift over."
A)
True
B)
False
21
Rhetorical critics often do character-based criticism when studying public messages that have no enduring artifact.
A)
True
B)
False
22
A crowd listening to an activist at a public rally automatically has an artifact of that speech.
A)
True
B)
False
23
JFAs are typically
not
about cultural circumstances or conditions that had little or nothing to do with the message artifact.
A)
True
B)
False
24
Rhetorical critics typically pose two (or more) direct research questions.
A)
True
B)
False
25
Metaphors used in public messages can occur in clusters.
A)
True
B)
False
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