Exam Bank for Rhetorical Process- Questions Answered Correctly (Latest Update )
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Exam Bank for Rhetorical Process- Questions Answered Correctly (Latest Update )
How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answers The study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive
Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answers Sicilia...
Exam Bank for Rhetorical Process- Questions Answered Correctly (Latest Update 2024-2025)
How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answers The study of producing discourses and
interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive
Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answers Sicilians who taught Athenians how to
speak persuasively with the goal of navigating the courts and senate; "Wisdom";Consultants for winning
legal cases
What was Plato's criticism of rhetoric? - Answers Claimed rhetoric was dangerous because it did not
have the rigor of a scientific enterprise or the critical quality of a philosophical endeavor. Thought it was
a group of random techniques that helped those in the wrong win support for their cause.
What are Aristotle's three types of speeches? What do they do? - Answers Forensic: trial
Speech that is given in a public forum
Justice- to determine what happened in the past, such as arguing for guilt or innocence
Epideictic: funeral
Speech that displays the qualities of something
Honor- to say how people should feel in the present, and to assign praise or blame
Deliberative: senate
speech that argues for a course of action
Utility- to make a case for what people should or should not do in the future, such as avoiding harmful
things and doing good
What are the three types of rhetorical appeals or proofs? - Answers Logos (logic), Ethos (credibility of
the speaker), and Pathos (emotional appeal)
, What three basic points did Aristotle argue about rhetoric? - Answers Rhetoric gives us important insight
about the world in identity and power, visual and material symbols, and the public and democracy
How do Keith and Lundberg define identity? - Answers The set of labels, patterns of behavior, and ways
of representing yourself that make up your public persona.
What two senses of the term 'rhetoric' do these authors recognize? - Answers 1) An action humans
perform (use symbols to communicate with one another)
2) Perspective humans take (Focusing on symbolic processes)
What two things do we do when we engage in rhetorical action? - Answers Make a conscious decision to
communicate and make conscious choices about the strategies we will employ
Considering rhetoric as a perspective that humans take, what are the two key terms? - Answers Process
and symbolism
When do we focus on the process of symbolism rather than the content? - Answers When we analyze
how symbols work rather than what the symbols communicate (ex: understand how a world view is
created by the communication strategies or an anti-abortion group)
What two ways can we focus on the process of symbolism? - Answers 1) By analyzing how people
perform rhetorical action
2) By analyzing how people interpret symbols
What was Aristotle's definition of rhetoric? - Answers the ability in each particular case to see the
available means of persuasion
What was Kenneth Burke's definition of rhetoric? - Answers the use of language as a symbolic means of
inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols
What are the four characteristics of rhetoric? - Answers 1. Rhetoric is symbolic
2. Rhetoric involves an audience
3. Rhetoric establishes what is probably true
4. Rhetorical theory is inventive and analytic
If we view communication from a rhetorical perspective, which is more important, the intent of the
rhetor or the influence on the audience? - Answers The influence that rhetoric has on an audience
What are the two most significant influences on the practice of modern rhetoric? - Answers Culture and
communication technologies
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