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Rhetorical Theory: Saying Something Profound about No One Thing
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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
1
Rhetorical theorists study ________________ artifacts that are directed to __________________ audiences.
A)
message/republican
B)
ancient/contemporary
C)
contemporary/ancient
D)
message/public
E)
public/democratic
2
Since the time of the early Greeks, scholars have worried over the _______________ and ___________ of human messages.
A)
viability/focus
B)
misuse/abuse
C)
origin/numbers
D)
difficulty/surge
E)
focus/origin
3
Most rhetorical theory building is a(n) ____________________ activity.
A)
solitary
B)
collaborative
C)
impossible
D)
defiant
E)
local
4
Even early apprentices to rhetorical criticism and theory should be able to recognize the _____________________________ in a rhetorical theory.
A)
flaws and philosophy
B)
power and mobility
C)
covenant and origin
D)
key components
E)
legal framework
5
___________________ suggested that the "sublime" was the quality of a message that connects with an audience that seems beyond explanation.
A)
Cyrus
B)
Longinus
C)
Aristotle
D)
Alexander the Great
E)
Cicero
6
A buried metaphor happens when we don't really recognize the metaphier as part of a metaphor unless __________________.
A)
refused
B)
changed
C)
elected
D)
prompted
E)
mangled
7
Ethos deals with the _______________ or _______________ of a rhetor especially as developed within a message to influence an audience.
A)
character/reputation
B)
theology/philosophy
C)
anger/bitterness
D)
focus/education
E)
nationality/ethnicity
8
Epideictic rhetoric typically happened in/on ______________ __________________.
A)
law courts
B)
legislative assemblies
C)
sports trials
D)
ceremonial occasions
E)
family disputes
9
According to Cicero the Middle Style is used by a _____________ who can demonstrate a flair and panache with _____________.
A)
sailor/symbols
B)
rhetor/language
C)
cook/recopies
D)
sailor/ships
E)
rhetor/laws
10
A Terministic Screen filters:
A)
history
B)
geography
C)
perceptions
D)
fluids
E)
people
11
A tenor in metaphor theory is the same as a __________________.
A)
metaphrand
B)
politician
C)
singer
D)
theme
E)
expressway
12
An exigence is a(n) ___________________ marked by _________________.
A)
hostage/agreement
B)
imperfection/urgency
C)
desire/visibility
D)
taste/flavor
E)
agreement/chronology
13
A rhetorical vision is a ______________ understanding of cultural processes or events as seen in special messages.
A)
simple
B)
outlaw
C)
fictional
D)
fabricated
E)
complex
14
Feminist rhetorical analysis often includes a(n) ______________ and _____________ of how cultural ________________ have framed and motivated women in human culture.
A)
awareness/critique/messages
B)
warning/statement/buildings
C)
story/imprint/computers
D)
critique/plot/officials
E)
none of the above
15
Diegesis refers to the __________________ created in a story.
A)
characters
B)
moods
C)
conflict
D)
world
E)
a and c
16
Polyvalance holds that the depiction of a public message would be understood in profoundly different ways.
A)
True
B)
False
17
The X-axis is being used if a car is depicted moving across the screen from left to right or from right to left.
A)
True
B)
False
18
Cyber Motion is being used if the being or creature depicted on the screen is more machine than person.
A)
True
B)
False
19
The Canons of Rhetoric were particularly powerful weapons of legal reasoning created in the Roman Empire.
A)
True
B)
False
20
Seeing people as taking motivated action influenced by language encourages moral, ethical, and legal decisions.
A)
True
B)
False
21
Identification is the process whereby words allow a connection to be perceived between two "different" people.
A)
True
B)
False
22
According to Bitzer people in San Francisco watching a news report about a massive interstate freeway crash in Wisconsin are not likely an "audience" in terms of the rhetorical situation.
A)
True
B)
False
23
According to Althusser interpellation is occurring if you or your organization buy time to broadcast political ads.
A)
True
B)
False
24
If a speaker says: "We've taken time to build our pride, but no pride in building our time," he or she has used a metonymy.
A)
True
B)
False
25
Professor Cloud was seeking to understand how cultural messages obscure inequality experienced everyday by the poor and the disenfranchised.
A)
True
B)
False
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