Deck 12: Rhetorical Theory

Question 1

With what has oratory historically been associated?

A) Judiciary speeches
B) Writing literacy
C) Public speaking
D) All of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with rhetoric?

A) Discursive
B) Fictional
C) Public
D) All of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What term refers to the individual who conveys a message to an audience?

A) The speaker
B) The symbol user
C) The rhetor
D) All of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following figures was NOT an influential thinker in the study of rhetoric?

A) Aristotle
B) Burke
C) Freud
D) Bitzer

Question 5

What are "pathos," "ethos" and "logos"?

A) Three kind of genres
B) Three kinds of persuasive proof
C) Three kinds of metaphors
D) All of the above

Question 6

What does "etho" mean?

A) The ability to invoke emotions
B) The ability to demonstrate logical reasoning
C) The ability to display a good sense of character
D) All of the above

Question 7

What is Artistotle's concept of a three-part deductive argument called?

A) Enthymeme
B) Synecdoche
C) Maxim
D) None of the above

Question 8

How does the classical view of rhetoric differ from recent approaches?

A) The classical view regards the audience as stable
B) The classical view builds on the concept of the "imagined audience"
C) The classical view only focuses on the rhetor and not the audience
D) None of the above

Question 9

What are core features of a "rhetorical exigence"?

A) It must involve emotional appeals
B) It must be identifiable with rhetoric
C) It must be a natural phenomenon
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which concepts are developed with the idea that rhetors can symbolically create audience through their discourse?

A) The second persona
B) The forensic genre
C) The real audience
D) The deliberative genre

Question 11

Which of the following rhetoric thinkers are NOT associated with the classical view?

A) Black
B) Bitzer
C) McGee
D) All of the above are associated with this view

Question 12

Which of the following statements does not refer to genre in rhetorical theory?

A) Genres are mutually exclusive
B) Genre influences both the communication and the audience
C) Similar rhetorical situations invite use of the same genre
D) Rhetoric scholars examines the components and constraints of genre

Question 13

Which of the following speech classification mostly deals with judicial process?

A) Epideictic
B) Movere
C) Forensic
D) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following definitions refer to "delectare"?

A) The importance of instructing one's audience when giving a speech
B) A rhetor's ability to persuade by focusing on the future
C) The process of pleasing an audience
D) None of the above

Question 15

What are the three moves that should be combined to create a powerful presentation according to Cicero?

A) Referring to the past, the present and the future
B) Teaching, delighting and moving the audience
C) Apologizing, convincing, and entertaining the audience

Question 16

What is "the art of expressing remorse for some type of wrong-doing" called?

A) Apologita
B) Apologica
C) Apologia
D) Apologiza

Question 17

Which of the following are similes?

A) The teacher treated his pupils like kids
B) Athletes were fearless soldiers on the race day
C) Journalists were as talkative as politicians during the conference
D) All of the above

Question 18

Which is stronger?

A) Metaphors
B) Similes
C) They are equally strong

Question 19

Which of the following step is NOT central to studying metaphor from a rhetorical perspective?

A) Exploring what influences qualities implied by the metaphor have
B) Proposing hypotheses about the effect of using metaphors on individuals' actions and values
C) Identifying metaphors used in communication
D) Expressing an opinion as regards the appropriateness of the metaphor used

Question 20

Which of the following terms are part of the dramatistic pentad?

A) Act
B) Actor
C) Agency
D) Agent
E) All are part of the pentad

Question 21

Briefly explain why rhetoric is qualified as functional.

Question 22

How is Aristotle's concept of "enthymeme" related to the emphasis put on the audience in rhetoric?

Question 23

Explain why metaphors can be powerful rhetorical resources?

Question 24

Describe the transition from the classical view to modern approaches and discuss implications.

Question 25

Using McGee's (1975) reformulation of "the people", discuss the construction of audiences by rhetors through their discourse.