Human Communication- Revel Ch. 12

Rhetorician Richard Weaver describes two types if terms that should be avoided because of the potential to easily lead (or mislead) people without critical reflection.

"god terms" and "devil terms"

Which individual maintained the existence of three artistic proofs?

Aristotle

________ are artistic skills of a rhetor that influence effectiveness.

Artistic proofs

__________ rhetoric is used to argue what a society should do in the future.

Deliberative

Which of the following is an example of deliberative rhetoric?

The Senator argued that taxes would have to be increased ignorer to pay for the new roads.

Which of the following can be counted as a rhetor?

any of these are correct

Why does rhetorician Richard Weaver advocate the careful use of "god terms" and "devil terms"?

because they can serve more as propaganda than rhetoric

If you want to your speech to create understanding and agreement about your topic, you should use a ________ organizational pattern.

cause-effect

Ruth organizes her speech on factory-farmed meat by following the existence of a cow and a chicken raised for human consumption from birth to slaughter to preparation in the kitchen. She is using __________ organizational pattern.

chronological

In a persuasive speech, you will challenge your audience to act during the ________.

conclusion

When legislators argue about raising taxes to pay for a new road, they are engaged in __________ rhetoric.

deliberative

Douglas Ehninger suggests that throughout history people have had ________ ideas of what rhetoric is and the purpose it serves.

different

All of the following are effective techniques to use before giving a speech EXCEPT

drinking coffee.

Which of these is NOT one of the forces that Ehninger's thinking sparked an interest in connecting rhetoric to?

ethic

During his election campaign, President Bush emphasized the need to restore integrity to the White House. Which artistic appeal was he using?

ethos

The form of rhetoric that is used in courts and addresses event that happened in the past is called ________ rhetoric.

forensic

In an attempt to clear his client's name, the lawyer asked him to state where he was on the night his wife was killed. This type of question is an example of ________.

forensic rhetoric

A rhetorical event is one that __________.

generates a significant amount of public discourse

An audience gets their first impression of the contents of speech during the ________.

introduction

Laura is preparing a speech about why she doesn't believe gay marriage should be legal. It is important that she is aware of the ________ used in her speech, especially potential pejorative terms.

language

If you were attempting to persuade someone to stop smoking by explaining the health risks associated with smoking, you would be using which type of artistic proof?

logos

When a speaker uses eye contact, he or she should ________.

look directly into the eyes of the audience

Which of the following is NOT an important function of rhetoric in society?

manipulating an uninformed public

During the trial of Susan Smith, a woman accused of drowning her children, the prosecutor played an audio recording of a car going underwater while narrating what must have been going though the Smith children's minds as the car they were in was sinking. This was an appeal to which artistic proof?

pathos

A speaker's public ________ may be quite different from his or her private one.

persona

Rhetoric is also known as the art of ________.

persuasion

The __________ sphere is the arena through which deliberative decision making occurs as the result of the exchange of ideas and arguments.

public

The arena in which deliberative decision making occurs through the exchange of ideas and arguments is called the ________.

public sphere

Logos is also know as ________.

reasoning

According to Aristotle, rhetors gain credibility from all of the following sources EXCEPT

religious conviction

When a candidate for president of the United States wants to persuade a group of people to vote for him or her, the candidate will focus onU.S. citizens that are registered voters. This pool of people is known as a(n) __________ audience.

rhetorical

Anyone who pursues sustained and detailed analyses of rhetorical discourse is a ________.

rhetorical critic

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many discussions arose to attempt to explain why the disaster had occurred. These discussions are an exampled of a __________.

rhetorical event

It was Plato's belief that rhetoric should be used to ________.

search for universal principles of truth

Ruth has decided that she wants to persuade her audience of college students to avoid eating factory-farmed meat. She has reached which stage of the speech planning process?

selection of her specific purpose

Chip is studying political science at school. He decides to speak out about U.S. immigration policies, but is ultimately less influential than he had hoped. This is most likely a result of his ________ position.

social

The ________ position of the rhetor often determine his or her right to speak or to access civic speaking spaces.

social

Which of the following creates outlets for people to try and align other to their worldview without filters and presents new challenges to the need to think through how we attempt to persuade other to view the world as we do?

social media

A(n) __________ is a large, organized body of people who are attempting to create social change.

social movement

Occupy Wall Street and other "occupy" gathering that have taken place in order to promote a certain view of justice are examples of __________.

social movements

The first group of people to teach persuasive speaking skills in the Greek city-states were know as ________.

sophists

Derek is writing an informative speech about funny phrases and slogan throughout the United States. He decides to look at phrases from the Midwest, the South, and New England. He is using the ________ organizational pattern.

spatial

A __________ pattern of organization has no innate organization except what is imposed by the speaker.

topical

According to your text, the use of outright deception to persuade someone is __________.

unacceptable

The first task of public speaker is to identify ________.

what his/her general purpose is