Rhetorical theory and crit

10. Which type of rhetoric was concerned with future actions?

Deliberative

George Campbell limited his theory of rhetoric to argumentation.

FALSE

Greece had a central governing authority while Rome did not.

FALSE

Plato believed that rhetoric and dialectic were interchangeable and both could be used to uncover truth.

FALSE

Plato generally held the idea that rhetoric was epistemic.

FALSE

Rhetoric is generally used when speaker and audience know with certainty the topic they are discussing.

FALSE

Rhetoric was used for the same political purposes during the Second Sophistic as it was in ancient Greece.

FALSE

St. Augustine taught that preachers should mostly seek to persuade, rather than inform or entertain, their audiences.

FALSE

Symbols necessarily have a natural relationship to what they represent.

FALSE

The Epistemologists favored deductive over inductive reasoning.

FALSE

The belletristic movement exerted strong influence on the Epistemologists.

FALSE

The belletristic movement was mostly concerned with delivery of the spoken word.

FALSE

The rhetorical goal of enlightening the understanding is the most complex of all rhetorical goals, according to Campbell.

FALSE

Theorists generally agree that rhetoric concerns only communication that is persuasion.

FALSE

Vocal stability refers to the loudness of the speaker's voice.

FALSE

15. According to the textbook, which journal is thought to be the premier journal for rhetorical research today?

Quarterly Journal of Speech

1. Which term is used to refer to the use of language to momentarily lift audience members outside of themselves?

Sublime

5. Which of the following is not generally true of symbols?

Symbols include only words and letters.

Blair believed that persuasion was the most important purpose of speaking.

TRUE

Deductive reasoning can be expressed in the form of the enthymeme.

TRUE

Early church leaders were fearful of the effects of rhetoric.

TRUE

Hugh Blair taught that taste could be improved with education.

TRUE

Managerial rhetoric refers to the idea that rhetors simply manage the arguments that have been invented by someone else.

TRUE

Perspicuity and ornament are two ways of achieving style, according to Blair.

TRUE

Rhetoric can be used to explain and understand mediated messages, such as films.

TRUE

Rhetorical practice is a synonym for rhetoric, according to your book.

TRUE

Some, but not all rhetorical theory is aimed at creating effective communication.

TRUE

St. Augustine was born a pagan and converted to Christianity.

TRUE

The Epistemologists favored a simple and clear style of rhetoric.

TRUE

The Roman Republic used a democratic form of government.

TRUE

The Sophists thought rhetoric could be used to find truth.

TRUE

The canon of arrangement referred to the structure of the speech.

TRUE

The primary emphasis of rhetorical theory during the social period is the listener, according to Robert L. Scott.

TRUE

The sublime is created through natural and artistic qualities.

TRUE

The three basic parts of an argument, according to Toulmin, are data, warrant, and claim.

TRUE

Topoi are common arguments that can be used by the speaker in many situations.

TRUE

10. During which period of rhetorical theory were theorists concerned with letter-writing, sermons, and literature?

Aesthetic

10. Which of the following is true of Campbell's theory of rhetoric.

All of the above

14. Which statement below is true of ethos, pathos, and logos?

All of the above

3. Which of the following can be said of the sophists?

All of the above

9. Which characterization about the content of rhetoric is most accurate?

All of the above

9. Which of the following is significant about letter-writing in the Middle Ages?

All of the above

8. Which theorist was influenced by his scientific training, which led him to observe and classify rhetorical techniques?

Aristotle

Blair's definition of rhetoric included only spoken words.

FALSE

9. The Idols of the Marketplace refers to fallacies based on

Ambiguities in language

3. Which method of communicating great thoughts relies on arranging thoughts in ascending order?

Amplification

2. Whose definition equated rhetoric with the means of persuasion in a given situation?

Aristotle

5. Which theorist is known for reviving Greek theories of rhetoric in the Roman republic and for being an excellent orator?

Cicero

2. Which of the following is true of classical rhetoric.

Classical rhetoric consisted primarily of claims and their backing.

1. Which of the following is not true of classical rhetoric?

Classical rhetoric was primarily written.

11. Which canon of rhetoric was concerned with vocal stability and flexibility?

Delivery

12. Which canon was the focus of the Elocutionary Movement?

Delivery

14. From which discipline did early teachers of rhetoric split to form their own discipline of communication?

English

1. Which group of theorists used inductive scientific methods to develop knowledge?

Epistemologists

4. Which theorists divided the human mind into two parts, the understanding and the will?

Epistemologists

A culture's political system plays no significant role in how that culture uses rhetoric.

FALSE

A funeral eulogy is an example of judicial rhetoric.

FALSE

A rhetorical theorist is one who practices rhetorical criticism.

FALSE

Artistic proof is given by the situation and can only be used by the rhetor.

FALSE

15.. Which aspect of delivery refers to the ability to vary the intonations of the voice?

Flexibility

2. Which of the following was an epistemologist?

Francis Bacon

3. Whose definition of rhetoric emphasized the psychology of audience to a greater degree than other definitions?

Francis Bacon

5. Whose definition of rhetoric was "the duty and office of rhetoric is to apply reason to imagination for the better moving of the will?"

Francis Bacon

7. The saying "rhetoric is epistemic" refers to the idea that rhetoric

Generates truth

18. Which type of style is elegant and uses ornamentation?

Grand

11. Hugh Blair made which unique contribution to rhetorical theory?

He practiced rhetorical criticism

7. Which theorist is most closely associated with the belletristic movement?

Hugh Blair

7. Which of Bacon's fallacies identified fallacies in philosophy and theory?

Idols of the Theatre

8. Which of Bacon's fallacies identified limitations in human ability to know?

Idols of the Tribe

6. Which of Bacon's fallacies identified individual biases or prejudice as a form of faulty reasoning?

Idols of the cave

3. Which type of reasoning generalizes from a set of experiences or information?

Induction

12. Which canon of rhetoric was concerned with finding and developing the subject of the rhetoric?

Invention

13. Which theorist taught a mechanical style of delivery?

John Walker

9. Which type of rhetoric was concerned with past actions?

Judicial

4. Who used the word "identification" in defining rhetoric?

Kenneth Burke

10. Which of Ramus's general laws addressed dividing the subject matter into distinct disciplines?

Laws of justice

5. Which theorist wrote the book On the Sublime?

Longinus

15. Which audience actually hears the speaker's arguments?

Particular

2. What are the two natural qualities of the sublime?

Passion and great thoughts

14. Who developed the idea of the universal and particular audiences?

Perelman

1. Whose definition limited rhetoric to style and delivery?

Peter Ramus

6. Which theorist argued that rhetoric should concern only style and delivery?

Peter Ramus

4. Which theorist is most closely associated with the idea that absolute truth exists and rhetoric is a vehicle used to convey that truth?

Plato

6. Which theorist at one time claimed rhetoric was the flattery of the mob?

Plato

11. During which period of rhetoric theory were theorists concerned with answering pragmatic questions about rhetoric?

Pragmatic-dominant

13. During which period was rhetoric used primarily to communicate the results of scientific research?

Pragmatic-subordinate

11. Which term refers to the idea that someone has an advantage when they defend the status quo?

Presumption

7. Who was known for the phrase, "A good man skilled at speaking."

Quintilian

16. Which two theorists have most closely linked rhetoric with morality? That is, which theorists have said that rhetoric should be used to promote what is ethical, moral, and just?

Quintilian and Plato

13. Which type of statement expresses an exception that would negate the claim of the argument?

Rebuttal

12. Which term refers to countering the claims of someone arguing the other side of an issue?

Refutation

6. Which of the following is not generally true of rhetoric, according to the book?

Rhetoric is an impractical art that seeks to establish truth in an abstract sense.

8. Which idea below is true, according to the book?

Rhetoric is used to create informed opinion.

17. Which type of style refers to that of ordinary, everyday speech?

Simple

12. During which period of rhetorical theory were theorists concerned with reducing human conflict by increasing their understanding of each other?

Social

4. Which theorist taught the early Christian speakers to use rhetoric in their preaching?

St. Augustine

13.. Which canon of rhetoric is concerned with the use of language to create a desired effect on the audience?

Style

15. Which of the following statements is true of the belletristic movement?

The belletristic movement is credited with developing rhetorical criticism.

14. Which of the following statements about the elocutionary movement is true?

The elocutionary movement was thought to be artificial and excessive.

8. Which theorist is most closely associated with the elocutionary movement?

Thomas Sheridan