Deck 12: Rhetorical Communication

Question 1

Which of the artistic proofs did Aristotle consider to be the most important?

A) ethos
B) pathos
C) logos
D) monos

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A rhetor can be a person, institution, or a corporation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Whitney is a health teacher. She is attempting to inform and persuade her students not to experiment with illegal drugs. She does this by explaining the health risks. Whitney is using which type of artistic proof?

A) ethos
B) pathos
C) logos
D) eros

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Unusual weather or natural disasters are examples of ________.

A) social position
B) rhetorical events
C) epideictic rhetoric
D) deliberative rhetoric

Question 5

The movement to abolish slavery is an example of an) ________ movement.

A) physiological
B) psycho-social
C) social
D) linguistic

Question 6

Hannah, a five-year-old, knows how to get out of cleaning up her toys. All she has to do is crawl on her parents' laps and give them a sad, wide-eyed look with a quivering lip. Hannah is using which artistic appeal?

A) Ethos
B) pathos
C) logos
D) mythos

Question 7

A rhetorical critic is an informed consumer of rhetorical discourse who is prepared to analyze rhetorical texts.

Question 8

In terms of ethos, you cannot change your attractiveness in order to increase your credibility.

Question 9

In the early Greek city-states, ________ taught speakers to adjust their notions of right or wrong, true or untrue, depending on their speaking situation, their audience, and their goals.

A) sophists
B) rhetoricians
C) orators
D) resonators

Question 10

The goal of ________ rhetoric is to set things right after an injustice has occurred.

A) forensic
B) legal
C) judicial
D) deliberative

Question 11

An individual who pursues sustained and detailed analyses of rhetorical discourse is known as a rhetorical ________.

A) critic
B) observer
C) expert
D) influencer

Question 12

When legislators argue about raising taxes to pay for new roads, they are engaging in ________ rhetoric.

A) deliberative
B) social
C) epideictic
D) cultural

Question 13

A person's place in the social hierarchy is called his or her social _____.

A) credibility
B) status
C) position
D) rationality

Question 14

An ethical rhetorician would be willing to speak out in public if another rhetor communicates in a way to dehumanize or demean others.

Question 15

The best view of a rhetorical audience includes ONLY those people who could take appropriate action based upon a particular message.

Question 16

After identifying his or her general purpose, the second task of a public speaker is to _____.

A) identify the audience
B) understand the audience
C) select your topic
D) indemnify a specific purpose

Question 17

________ refers to the rhetorical use of emotions to affect audience decision making.

A) ethos
B) persona
C) pathos
D) logos

Question 18

The public ________ a speaker projects can enhance his or her ethos if the audience perceives it to be credible, informed, or intelligent.

A) ethos
B) persona
C) pathos
D) logos

Question 19

Communication that influences the attitudes or behaviors of others is called ____ or the art of persuasion.

A) phonetics
B) literacy
C) mediated
D) rhetoric

Question 20

During a murder trail, the prosecutor might show sentimental videos or photos of the deceased to the jury. This is an appeal to which artistic proof?

A) ethos
B) pathos
C) logos
D) monos

Question 21

Consider a recent issue of public conflict such as immigration reform or health care access or any other issue which you are familiar. Explain how social position impacts those who speak on that issue.

Question 22

Describe the three functions of rhetoric in our society. Provide examples from the recent news that illustrate these functions.

Question 23

The artistic proof that refers to reasoning or rationality is ________.

Question 24

An ethical rhetorician is firm in his/her beliefs and does not need to change their mind.

Question 25

The spatial organizational pattern follows a timeline; for example, a speech on the life of Ronald Reagan would use this pattern.

Question 26

An informed consumer of rhetorical discourse who is prepared to analyze rhetorical texts is an) ________.

Question 27

The ability to use emotions to affect an audience's decision making is called ________.

Question 28

Lloyd Bitzer argues that the ________ audience is the only group of people who can take the appropriate action to a particular message.

Question 29

The type of rhetoric that reaffirms cultural values through praising and blaming is called _____.

Question 30

It is fine for a speaker to use statistics without carefully explaining them to the audience.

Question 31

Consider a recent election in your area. Explain how the candidates used the three artistic proofs in their campaigns. Provide examples from speeches, TV/radio commercials, or web sites to support your answer.