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Treating a subject in two parts-- the first showing harm and scope, the second showing remedy is an example of ____.

Problem-Solution

When we say rhetoric is developed through complete thoughts and that its goal is to make one person's ideas intelligible and salient for others, we are describing which characteristic of rhetoric?

Propositional

All of the following are used to captivate an audience:

Proximity; Reality; Humor

Appeals or tactics used by rhetors that invite audiences to behave in ways that are less than rational:

Fallacies

When we say rhetoric is addressed to others and that it deals with issues and problems that one person cannot answer or solve, which defining characteristic of rhetoric are we referring to?

Public

The thesis being argued and the response desired by the rhetor is what we call the rhetorical act's ____.

Purpose

This type of issue focuses on the quality, accuracy, and adequacy of the evidence as in, "Does capital punishment deter others from commiting murder?"

Question of Fact

This type of issue involves a course of action, a procedure that is systematically followed and applied as shown in the example: "Should same-sex marriages be legalized in the state of Kansas?"

Question of Policy

A good conclusion should ____.

Summarize the major ideas.

Which of the following statements distinguishes the rhetorical perspective from the scientific perspective?

The rhetorical perspective is interested in what influences or persuades people.

When trying to narrow your topic you must ask yourself which of the following questions?

What parts of this topic are most significant and interesting to the audience.

____ is the process of leaving out details-- moving us farther and farther from concrete, specific details.

Abstracting

Some rhetorical purposes are ____; they seek appreciation and contemplation.

Consummatory

List the parts of the Monroe Motivated Sequence.

Attention Need/Problem Satisfaction Visualization Action

Good style is evaluated on all of the following elements:

Consistency; Clarity; Vividness

For rhetorical purposes, an argument is:

A claim backed by one or more justifications.

What is criticism?

A process of description, interpretation, and evaluation, as well as an acquired thinking, speaking, and writing skill.

Define "rhetorical act."

A rhetorical act is an attempt to reveal to an audience a claim that creates a virtual experience, initiates action, or helps to maintain action.

Rhetorical acts that aim to change the meaning of an experience for an audience; to give a fresh angle on an old topic, for instance, are aligned with what primary rhetorical purposes?

Altering Perception

This type of reasoning compares two phenomena in order to evaluate, predict or dramatize the rhetor's point. It adheres to the jurisprudence model.

Analogy

In the elements of descriptive analysis; strategy involves the following:

Arguments; Language; Appeals

Because we do not assume that change is good in itself, when you advocate policy changes, you assume an argumentative responsibility called ____.

Burden of Proof

To explain the effects of deforestation and its three principal causes is an example of this type of logical structure:

Casual

It establishes nescessary relationships between two phenomena. This type of reasoning is called ____.

Causal

It is a type of sequence structure that organizes an idea in terms of its development through time or in a series of ordered steps:

Chronological Sequence

When we assert: "That is a dog" "You are in good health" we are using examples of:

Claim

The creation of a virtual experience allows the reader to ____.

Create a mental picture and express something in symbols

In this type of reasoning the rhetor presents a claim as presumed truth or fact and then proceeds to document how that claim is true: ___.

Deduction

This type of strategy involves providing details that makes a scene come alive before our eyes; it creates the sensation that you are there watching the events as they occur:

Desription

The theory emphasizes self-pursuasion-- the likelihood that audience members will be stimulated to participate in creating a message, that is, to process or interpret it, to develop, clarify, or embellish it and consider its implications.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

The primary strength of using an expert as evidence is that it ____.

Enhances credibility

It is an abbreviated kind of argument in that audiences must complete the argumentative cues provided by the rhetor.

Enthymeme

Authority evidence is a strong way to enhance the credibility of the rhetor. The two forms of authority evidence are:

Expert and author.

Rhetorical acts that satisfy the search for knowledge; that provide in-depth investigative coverage on baffling or irrational events are fulfilling what primary rhetorical purpose?

Explaining

True or False: It is important for critics to follow the three parts of the critical equation, but it does not matter in which order they perform it.

False

True or False: Most people alter their beliefs in response to a single message.

False

The process of communication has seven parts. Criticism is most closely aligned with which part?

Feedback

A good introduction must begin with which objective?

Get the audience's attention

A good rhetorical critic must have the following qualities.

Have expertise; Tell us the non-obvious; Be passionate about what he/she critiques.

This strategy uses language to creative positive associations between the rhetor and the audience; it suggests shared experience or common viewpoints:

Identification

In this type of reasoning the rhetor details examples in order to arrive at a larger claim

Induction

Some rhetorical purposes are ____; they seek overt action from the audience.

Instrumental

Outline subdivisions should have all of these characteristics:

Invariance; Subordinate; Mutually Exclusive

The ancient Greek and Roman rhetoricans called the process of selecting and developing a good topic ____.

Invention.

Why do we use the Critical Equation?

It increases validity of observation.

The three sources of persuasion according to Aristotle are all of the following:

Logos; Ethos; Pathos

Rhetorical acts that try to keep issues alive once public interest in them wanes; that try to rally the base to stay committed to the cause aim to achieve what primary rhetorical purpose?

Maintaining Action

It is the first dimension of language-- the process by which we notice, recognizes, and label certain elements of qualities in ourselves and in our world:

Naming

This type of sequence structure treats a subject in a story form:

Narrative Sequence

As a public speaker, it is most important to be familiar with ____.

Opening and closing remarks.

"To those old allies,.... To those new states" is a good example of which type of animating strategy?

Parallelism

Representing an object or an abstract idea as if it were a human being or had human capacities is utilizing which type of strategy?

Personification

Rhetoric that is ____ creates virtual experience by stimulating the senses. It invites participation and assent by displaying ritualistic, aesthetic, dramatic, and emotive qualities.

Poetic

Rhetoric is ____ when we are motivated to focus on achieving certain goals.

Powerful

This type of issue is a dispute about goals, and it reflects a more fundamental disagreement as shown in this example, "Should we avenge premeditated murder or obey absolutely the injunction against killing?"

Question of Value

This is when rhetors state opposing arguments and then show why their opponent's case is flawed...

Refutation

An experience public speaker is called a ____

Rhetor.

It is a question to which no answer is expected or to which only one answer can be given.

Rhetorical Question

All of the following are examples of transitions:

Signposts; Rhetorical Questions; Summaries

Rhetoric is the craft of producing reason-giving discourse that is grounded in ____

Social truths

It is a type of sequence structure that organizes an idea in terms of its development through direction and space:

Spatial Sequence

The following are helpful tips for how to manage speech anxiety productively:

Speak on subjects you know well; Know your audience; Practice

A good thesis statement must be able to fulfill all of the following functions:

State a specific claim; Indicate significance and relevance; Express a single unified purpose

Some categories of evidence that serve as resources for rhetors are all of the following:

Statistics; Stories; Analogies

When we say something is, we are also saying what it is now. Which dimension of language are we referring to?

Strategy

____ is the way the material is organized to gain attention, develop a core, and provide emphasis.

Structure

____ is what is distinctive about the language in the rhetorical act; it can be more or less formal, more or less precise, more or less literal, and more or less redundant.

Style

Rhetoric is concerned with ____

The examination of human symbols; Social truths; The available means by which we can and are influenced; The social norms of a group

Tone is ___.

The rhetor's attitude towards the subject and towards the audience.

What is rhetoric?

The study of what is persuasive.

When you narrow your topic to support one of the six primary rhetorical purposes, you are constructing a ____.

Thesis

The main strengths of stories are:

They help us bolster a claim and enhance the credibility of a rhetor

The three functions of evidence are:

To prove; To make vivid; To clarify

_____ are statements made to ensure that the audience understands and recognizes the relationships among ideas.

Transitions.

True or False: Nervousness is normal.

True

True or False: One of the best pieces of advice for controlling a rhetorical situation is to speak and write from your own knowledge and experience/

True

True or False: Practicing your rhetorical act aloud is good advice for reducing speech anxiety.

True

True or False: The "A" (Analysis) of the "CPA" is all about asking "Why" questions, such as: Why is this element present.

True

True or False: The elements of descriptive analysis are always present in rhetorical acts.

True

All of the following must be considered in assessing Internet sources:

Validity; Verifability; Timeliness

A fundamental building block in rhetorical action that makes a leap from data to a claim is known as a

Warrant

Authoritative evidence is believed to be strongest when ____.

We know the credentials of the authority.

IN practical terms, every piece of evidence must be judged by:

What are its logical and psychological strengths and weaknesses.

Subdivisions of any point in an outline answer these questions ___.

What do you mean?; How do you know?; Why?