Question 1

"It's raining now" is an example of Austin's definition of illocution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

An ad for a herbal supplement claims that it may improve memory. This is an example of Rank's category of confusion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

______ is considered a conversational constraint when dealing with compliance gaining in European-American culture.

Accepted Answer

A)   Social appropriateness
B)   Efficiency
C)   Double speak
D)   A and B
E)   All of the above D

Question 4

Haptics refers to tactile sensations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The study of how space and spatial relations communicate is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Proxemics
B)   Haptics
C)   Kinesics
D)   Laptics

Question 6

Repetition, omission, and composition are three components of intensifying communication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When we say "rest room" rather than bathroom, we are engaging in:

Accepted Answer

A)   Cardstacking
B)   Jargon
C)   Euphemism
D)   Inflated language

Question 8

"I promise to clean the house on Saturday" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Haptics
B)   Euphemism
C)   Double speak
D)   Illocution

Question 9

______ deflect attention from other possible views.

Accepted Answer

A)   Terministic screens
B)   Glittering generalities
C)   Social constructions
D)   Subjectivities

Question 10

Who said that language does our thinking for us?

Accepted Answer

A)   Foucault
B)   Burke
C)   Derrida
D)   Jamieson

Question 11

Which is not part of Rank's model for intensification?

Accepted Answer

A)   Repetition
B)   Association
C)   Composition
D)   Attribution

Question 12

Which is not one of Burke's analytical questions for considering language?

Accepted Answer

A)   What leads to what?
B)   What follows what?
C)   What supercedes what?
D)   What opposed what?

Question 13

Selecting only information that supports the persuader's point of view is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Cardstacking
B)   Ad hominem argument
C)   Doublespeak
D)   Proxemics

Question 14

Alliteration and rhyme are key components of intensification through repetition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Proxemics involves issues such as who sits where around a conference table.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Euphemism, jargon and bureaucratese are all examples of doublespeak.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Reification involves the transformation of social constructions into mundane realities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

______ involves the auditory channel, including rate, volume, pitch, voice quality, and articulation.

Accepted Answer

A)   Haptics
B)   Proxemics
C)   Chronemics
D)   Vocalics

Question 19

Which is not part of Rank's model for downplaying?

Accepted Answer

A)   objection
B)   Omission
C)   Diversion
D)   Confusion

Question 20

We see an ad for Corona beer with a couple sitting on a beautiful beach, and we momentarily imagine ourselves there. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Narrative literacy
B)   Rank's intensifying
C)   Terministic screens
D)   Euphemistic jargon

Exam 5: Resources of Communication

"It's raining now" is an example of Austin's definition of illocution.

An ad for a herbal supplement claims that it may improve memory. This is an example of Rank's category of confusion.

______ is considered a conversational constraint when dealing with compliance gaining in European-American culture.

Haptics refers to tactile sensations.

The study of how space and spatial relations communicate is:

Repetition, omission, and composition are three components of intensifying communication.

When we say "rest room" rather than bathroom, we are engaging in:

"I promise to clean the house on Saturday" is an example of:

______ deflect attention from other possible views.

Who said that language does our thinking for us?

Which is not part of Rank's model for intensification?

Which is not one of Burke's analytical questions for considering language?

Selecting only information that supports the persuader's point of view is:

Alliteration and rhyme are key components of intensification through repetition.

Proxemics involves issues such as who sits where around a conference table.

Euphemism, jargon and bureaucratese are all examples of doublespeak.

Reification involves the transformation of social constructions into mundane realities.

______ involves the auditory channel, including rate, volume, pitch, voice quality, and articulation.

Which is not part of Rank's model for downplaying?

We see an ad for Corona beer with a couple sitting on a beautiful beach, and we momentarily imagine ourselves there. This is an example of: