Question 1

According to Burke, ________ requires confession of sin and a request for forgiveness to purge one's guilt.

Accepted Answer

A)  identification 
B)  victimage 
C)  mortification 
D)  criticism 
A)  identification 
B)  victimage 
C)  mortification 
D)  criticism

Question 2

How might Burke's theory explain the peripheral route to persuasion of the elaboration likelihood model?

Accepted Answer

Edmund Burke's theories are not directly

Question 3

Describe and explain the dramatistic pentad.

Accepted Answer

The dramatistic pentad is a concept deve

Question 4

How does Burke's notion of the scapegoat compare to Aristotle's notion that, to evince hatred and promote solidarity, a speaker must refer to a common enemy?

Accepted Answer

Burke's notion of the scapegoat and Aris

Question 5

For Burke, life is not like drama; it is drama.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Choose a current debate or controversy on campus, in your community, or in the nation, and describe it in Burkean terms. How well does it seem to conform to the dramatistic pentad and the guilt-redemption cycle?

Accepted Answer

One current debate or controversy in the

Question 7

Marie Hochmuth Nichols was a University of Illinois rhetorician who criticized Burke's lack of respect for ethics in communication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did Burke make use of spiritual language in his theory?

Accepted Answer

Kenneth Burke, an American literary theo

Question 9

Burke's theory has been criticized because:

Accepted Answer

A)  he had insufficient interest in ethical issues. 
B)  his assumption that guilt underlies all public address is questionable. 
C)  his prose is often confusing and obscure. 
D)  Both "his assumption that guilt underlies all public address is questionable" and "his prose is often confusing and obscure" are correct. 
A)  he had insufficient interest in ethical issues. 
B)  his assumption that guilt underlies all public address is questionable. 
C)  his prose is often confusing and obscure. 
D)  Both "his assumption that guilt underlies all public address is questionable" and "his prose is often confusing and obscure" are correct.

Question 10

Mortification is a method of purging guilt through self-blame that requires the confession of sin and a request for forgiveness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Burke, we engage in ________ when using words to give life to particular motives and pursue particular goals when we speak.

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatism 
B)  mortification 
C)  symbolic action 
D)  homophilic persuasion 
A)  dramatism 
B)  mortification 
C)  symbolic action 
D)  homophilic persuasion

Question 12

Homophily is a term used by behavioral scientists to describe what Burke called the devil-term.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Burke asserts that without identification, there can be no persuasion. Explain what he means by identification and why it is so important.

Accepted Answer

Identification, as defined by Kenneth Bu

Question 14

The process of designating an external enemy as the source of all our ills is:

Accepted Answer

A)  victimage. 
B)  mortification. 
C)  personification. 
D)  vilification. 
A)  victimage. 
B)  mortification. 
C)  personification. 
D)  vilification.

Exam 23: Dramatism

According to Burke, ________ requires confession of sin and a request for forgiveness to purge one's guilt.

How might Burke's theory explain the peripheral route to persuasion of the elaboration likelihood model?

Describe and explain the dramatistic pentad.

How does Burke's notion of the scapegoat compare to Aristotle's notion that, to evince hatred and promote solidarity, a speaker must refer to a common enemy?

For Burke, life is not like drama; it is drama.

Choose a current debate or controversy on campus, in your community, or in the nation, and describe it in Burkean terms. How well does it seem to conform to the dramatistic pentad and the guilt-redemption cycle?

Marie Hochmuth Nichols was a University of Illinois rhetorician who criticized Burke's lack of respect for ethics in communication.

Why did Burke make use of spiritual language in his theory?

Burke's theory has been criticized because:

Mortification is a method of purging guilt through self-blame that requires the confession of sin and a request for forgiveness.

According to Burke, we engage in ________ when using words to give life to particular motives and pursue particular goals when we speak.

Homophily is a term used by behavioral scientists to describe what Burke called the devil-term.

Burke asserts that without identification, there can be no persuasion. Explain what he means by identification and why it is so important.

The process of designating an external enemy as the source of all our ills is:

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