Rhetorical Theory EXAMS BUNDLE |Study Questions and Answers

6 types of rhetoric as type of discourse - Answer 1. planned 2. adapted to audience 3. reveals human motives 4. responsive 5. seeks persuasion 6. addresses contingent issues 4 resources of symbols discussed as assisting the goal of persuasion (4 A's) - Answer 1. arguments

According to Chapter Two, the Sophists offered a kind of advanced education to anyone capable of paying their high fees. They did not select their students based on family connections or social status. Offering rhetorical training strictly on the basis of ability to pay allowed a much wider range...

The main language device protagoras taught his students were __________ or maxims, that are brief and to the point and help speakers stay on track with their presentation - Answer Aphorisms Ruler of Athens who dedicated time and money to promoting cultural events and artistic freedoms who was la...

What is narrative coherence? - Answer The degree to which the story hangs together . In other words, how plausible does the story seem What is narrative fidelity? - Answer The degree to which the values offered in a story ring true with what we regard as truthful and humane. In other words, the s...

According to Chapter Two, the Sophists believed in an relative understanding of truth and culture. Thus they challenged with the notion that Greek culture was superior to other cultures and they challenged the idea that there were absolute truths as some philosophers taught. - Answer True True o...

Motion: - Answer "Motion encompasses the realm of entities that do not respond to words, Burke labels this realm as nonsymbolic. Motion is the processes going on without any intervention from humans. Example: The snowflakes falling from the sky. " Dramatism: - Answer "Kenneth Burke developed ...