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10 Cards in this Set
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1. Which of the following is not a part of Burke’s pentad?
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A. actor
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2. The means used to accomplish a rhetorical event is
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D. agency
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process of designating an external enemy as the source of all our ills
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A. victimage.
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4. The word a speaker uses to sum up all that is bad, wrong, or evil is a(n)
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C. devil term.
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5. Burke’s term for identification, the shared common ground of two individuals, is
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C. consubstantiation.
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6. A term describing a person’s physical characteristics, talents, occupation, background, personality, and values is
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B. substance.
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7. The ultimate motivation for all public speaking is to
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B. purge ourselves of guilt.
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8. In performing a Burkean analysis of President Bush’s addresses, I conclude that Bush is a master at stirring up idealism and the American dream. My friend Wesley, also a rhetorical critic, concluded instead that Bush tends to emphasis pragmaticism and is “too practical” a speaker. Using Burke’s pentad, what’s the right answer?
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D. Both are right: Rhetorical criticism doesn’t suggest a singular “right” answer.
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9. A speech characterized by the mind-set of pragmatism will emphasize
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C. agency
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Burke’s theory has been criticized because
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D. both B and C
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