Question 1

After the Corcoran Gallery canceled the show, the controversy about Mapplethorpe ended.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Sonja Foss's theory involved which of the following requirements to be considered visual rhetoric?

Accepted Answer

A)  Image must be symbolic. 
B)  Image must involve human intervention. 
C)  Image must be presented for the purpose of communicating with an audience. 
D)  Image must serve as a sign, like thunder signals a storm. 
A)  Image must be symbolic. 
B)  Image must involve human intervention. 
C)  Image must be presented for the purpose of communicating with an audience. 
D)  Image must serve as a sign, like thunder signals a storm.

Question 3

Art has no influence in the social-political arena.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Tony Schwartz supported the transmission model of persuasion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Paul Messaris and Sandra Moriarty wrote of visual literacy skills and the conventions that enabled viewers to decode meaning. Which of the following are conventions for visual images?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conventions prompt rather than stifle invention. 
B)  Conventions pervade all forms of design. 
C)  Conventions operate in social contexts where users control them. 
D)  Conventions are intrinsically rhetorical. 
A)  Conventions prompt rather than stifle invention. 
B)  Conventions pervade all forms of design. 
C)  Conventions operate in social contexts where users control them. 
D)  Conventions are intrinsically rhetorical.

Question 6

Cartoons cannot make an argument that can be proved or disproved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Vietnam Memorial was designed by a 25-year-old Chinese American Yale undergraduate student, Maya Lin. How did she receive her inspiration for the design?

Accepted Answer

A)  She interviewed veterans of the Vietnam War. 
B)  She visited the site and had an impulse to cut open the earth. 
C)  She studied all the burial designs from other cultures. 
D)  She interviewed congressional committee members. 
A)  She interviewed veterans of the Vietnam War. 
B)  She visited the site and had an impulse to cut open the earth. 
C)  She studied all the burial designs from other cultures. 
D)  She interviewed congressional committee members.

Question 8

Brokeback Mountain used a conventional love story to portray an unconventional plot of two gay cowboys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Critics of the Vietnam Memorial said the V shape represents a peace sign and makes a political statement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

George Gerbner stated that our cultural environment has been dominated by this electronic medium, which he said replaced the influence of family, education, and religion:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Internet. 
B)  Cinema. 
C)  Television. 
D)  Radio. 
A)  The Internet. 
B)  Cinema. 
C)  Television. 
D)  Radio.

Question 11

Conventions are intrinsically rhetorical, even when they demand conformity from the discourse community that sanctions them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Lin visited the Washington site where the Vietnam Memorial was to be built, and she perceived a rift in the earth that represented a scar that would not heal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Gregg Walker and Melinda Bender conducted a study to see if subjects saw music videos making an argument, and they found which of the following to be true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Music videos make no discernable arguments. 
B)  Some music videos make very strong arguments. 
C)  Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" and 2 Live Crew's "Banned in the USA" ranked highest. 
D)  Dominant message videos make arguments. 
A)  Music videos make no discernable arguments. 
B)  Some music videos make very strong arguments. 
C)  Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" and 2 Live Crew's "Banned in the USA" ranked highest. 
D)  Dominant message videos make arguments.

Question 14

Explain the standards by which one can distinguish between art and pornography.

Accepted Answer

The distinction between art and pornogra

Question 15

Discuss the views of both the supporters and the opposition to Mapplethorpe's art exhibit The Perfect Moment.

Accepted Answer

The supporters of Mapplethorpe's art exh

Question 16

Music videos have not been found to have any argumentative value regarding social or political issues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Jyllands-Posten newspaper staff justified their publication of the cartoons by saying, "We live in a democracy."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Aristotle said art presents a thing as it might be in idealized form, whereas history presents what has actually been.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A stop sign is an example of visual rhetoric because it is a symbol that has been assigned meaning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Select one of the movies discussed in this chapter on mental illness and explain the conflicts that were portrayed in the movie. Do you think the movie portrayed the characters realistically?

Accepted Answer

One of the movies discussed in this chap

After the Corcoran Gallery canceled the show, the controversy about Mapplethorpe ended.

Sonja Foss's theory involved which of the following requirements to be considered visual rhetoric?

Art has no influence in the social-political arena.

Tony Schwartz supported the transmission model of persuasion.

Paul Messaris and Sandra Moriarty wrote of visual literacy skills and the conventions that enabled viewers to decode meaning. Which of the following are conventions for visual images?

Cartoons cannot make an argument that can be proved or disproved.

The Vietnam Memorial was designed by a 25-year-old Chinese American Yale undergraduate student, Maya Lin. How did she receive her inspiration for the design?

Brokeback Mountain used a conventional love story to portray an unconventional plot of two gay cowboys.

Critics of the Vietnam Memorial said the V shape represents a peace sign and makes a political statement.

George Gerbner stated that our cultural environment has been dominated by this electronic medium, which he said replaced the influence of family, education, and religion:

Conventions are intrinsically rhetorical, even when they demand conformity from the discourse community that sanctions them.

Lin visited the Washington site where the Vietnam Memorial was to be built, and she perceived a rift in the earth that represented a scar that would not heal.

Gregg Walker and Melinda Bender conducted a study to see if subjects saw music videos making an argument, and they found which of the following to be true?

Explain the standards by which one can distinguish between art and pornography.

Discuss the views of both the supporters and the opposition to Mapplethorpe's art exhibit The Perfect Moment.

Music videos have not been found to have any argumentative value regarding social or political issues.

The Jyllands-Posten newspaper staff justified their publication of the cartoons by saying, "We live in a democracy."

Aristotle said art presents a thing as it might be in idealized form, whereas history presents what has actually been.

A stop sign is an example of visual rhetoric because it is a symbol that has been assigned meaning.

Select one of the movies discussed in this chapter on mental illness and explain the conflicts that were portrayed in the movie. Do you think the movie portrayed the characters realistically?

Introduction to Persuasion in Everyday Practices

Rhetorical Scholars: Perspectives on Rhetoric

Audiences: Social Scientists Address Needs, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Language: the Code of Persuasion

Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Support

Political Communication: Mediated Constructions

Legal Communication: Persuasion in Court

Religion and Persuasion

Advertising: Integrated Marketing Communication IMC

Public Relations: Engineering Public Consent

Filters

Exam 9: Art As Persuasion: Visual Rhetoric

After the Corcoran Gallery canceled the show, the controversy about Mapplethorpe ended.

Sonja Foss's theory involved which of the following requirements to be considered visual rhetoric?

Art has no influence in the social-political arena.

Tony Schwartz supported the transmission model of persuasion.

Paul Messaris and Sandra Moriarty wrote of visual literacy skills and the conventions that enabled viewers to decode meaning. Which of the following are conventions for visual images?

Cartoons cannot make an argument that can be proved or disproved.

The Vietnam Memorial was designed by a 25-year-old Chinese American Yale undergraduate student, Maya Lin. How did she receive her inspiration for the design?

Brokeback Mountain used a conventional love story to portray an unconventional plot of two gay cowboys.

Critics of the Vietnam Memorial said the V shape represents a peace sign and makes a political statement.

George Gerbner stated that our cultural environment has been dominated by this electronic medium, which he said replaced the influence of family, education, and religion:

Conventions are intrinsically rhetorical, even when they demand conformity from the discourse community that sanctions them.

Lin visited the Washington site where the Vietnam Memorial was to be built, and she perceived a rift in the earth that represented a scar that would not heal.

Gregg Walker and Melinda Bender conducted a study to see if subjects saw music videos making an argument, and they found which of the following to be true?

Explain the standards by which one can distinguish between art and pornography.

Discuss the views of both the supporters and the opposition to Mapplethorpe's art exhibit The Perfect Moment.

Music videos have not been found to have any argumentative value regarding social or political issues.

The Jyllands-Posten newspaper staff justified their publication of the cartoons by saying, "We live in a democracy."

Aristotle said art presents a thing as it might be in idealized form, whereas history presents what has actually been.

A stop sign is an example of visual rhetoric because it is a symbol that has been assigned meaning.

Select one of the movies discussed in this chapter on mental illness and explain the conflicts that were portrayed in the movie. Do you think the movie portrayed the characters realistically?

Introduction to Persuasion in Everyday Practices

Rhetorical Scholars: Perspectives on Rhetoric

Audiences: Social Scientists Address Needs, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Language: the Code of Persuasion

Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Support

Political Communication: Mediated Constructions

Legal Communication: Persuasion in Court

Religion and Persuasion

Advertising: Integrated Marketing Communication IMC

Public Relations: Engineering Public Consent

Filters