Question 1

Lenin, Hitler, and Mao used agitation propaganda, which confronts the status quo with opposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Hugh Rank created the intensify/downplay schema to teach students to resist which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Political scandal. 
B)  Propaganda. 
C)  Bad grades. 
D)  Social media. 
A)  Political scandal. 
B)  Propaganda. 
C)  Bad grades. 
D)  Social media.

Question 3

A paradigm shift means that we need a new model for viewing the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

All persuasion consists of self-persuasion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Richard Whately, the archbishop of Dublin, taught his seminary students to engage in elocution, which focuses on gestures and voice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Allegory of the Cave depicted people as prisoners chained to a cave wall that was supposed to show which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The world of sense perception and our distorted view of knowledge. 
B)  The danger of exploring caves. 
C)  The intolerance for opposing views of reality. 
D)  The fact that knowledge and truth are powerful and transformative. 
A)  The world of sense perception and our distorted view of knowledge. 
B)  The danger of exploring caves. 
C)  The intolerance for opposing views of reality. 
D)  The fact that knowledge and truth are powerful and transformative.

Question 7

Image restoration means using public relations to deceive the public.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Explain what belles lettres and elocution are and then explain the advice that Richard Whately gave to his divinity students in Dublin in 1828.

Accepted Answer

Belles lettres refers to literary works

Question 9

Plato believed in relativistic ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The eulogy of Coretta Scott King, the widow of M. L. King Jr., is an example of what form of communication?

Accepted Answer

A)  Political. 
B)  Forensic. 
C)  Epideictic. 
D)  Adversarial. 
A)  Political. 
B)  Forensic. 
C)  Epideictic. 
D)  Adversarial.

Question 11

Explain Aristotle's three classic appeals to influence or persuade an audience. Include which of these Aristotle thought was most important.

Accepted Answer

Aristotle's three classic appeals to inf

Question 12

Adolph Hitler wrote Mein Kampf, which means:

Accepted Answer

A)  The National Socialist Party. 
B)  The Propaganda Bible. 
C)  My struggle. 
D)  Brown shirts. 
A)  The National Socialist Party. 
B)  The Propaganda Bible. 
C)  My struggle. 
D)  Brown shirts.

Question 13

Epideictic communication focuses on war and peace, ways and means, national defense, imports and exports, and legislation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Kenneth Burke's concept of identification is most similar to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fisher's narrative theory. 
B)  Aristotle's common ground concept. 
C)  Benoit's apologies, excuses, and accounts. 
D)  Larson's content premises. 
A)  Fisher's narrative theory. 
B)  Aristotle's common ground concept. 
C)  Benoit's apologies, excuses, and accounts. 
D)  Larson's content premises.

Question 15

Agitation propaganda is spectacular, whereas integrative propaganda is gradual and imperceptible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The narrative paradigm synthesizes two strands in rhetorical theory: the argumentative, persuasive theme, and the literary, aesthetic theme.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Psychological warfare intends to break the morale of the enemy and cause them to doubt their own beliefs and values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Richard Whately, who was the archbishop of Dublin, accomplished which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wrote Elements of Rhetoric. 
B)  Moved ministers from the rhetoric of belles lettres and elocution. 
C)  Encouraged divinity students to focus on content and arguments. 
D)  Taught ministers to speak naturally. 
A)  Wrote Elements of Rhetoric. 
B)  Moved ministers from the rhetoric of belles lettres and elocution. 
C)  Encouraged divinity students to focus on content and arguments. 
D)  Taught ministers to speak naturally.

Question 19

La Technique is inseparable from the technological society that totally immerses the individual continuously.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Myths are mere fairy tales and have no place in the study of persuasion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Lenin, Hitler, and Mao used agitation propaganda, which confronts the status quo with opposition.

Hugh Rank created the intensify/downplay schema to teach students to resist which of the following?

A paradigm shift means that we need a new model for viewing the world.

All persuasion consists of self-persuasion.

Richard Whately, the archbishop of Dublin, taught his seminary students to engage in elocution, which focuses on gestures and voice.

The Allegory of the Cave depicted people as prisoners chained to a cave wall that was supposed to show which of the following?

Image restoration means using public relations to deceive the public.

Explain what belles lettres and elocution are and then explain the advice that Richard Whately gave to his divinity students in Dublin in 1828.

Plato believed in relativistic ethics.

The eulogy of Coretta Scott King, the widow of M. L. King Jr., is an example of what form of communication?

Explain Aristotle's three classic appeals to influence or persuade an audience. Include which of these Aristotle thought was most important.

Adolph Hitler wrote Mein Kampf, which means:

Epideictic communication focuses on war and peace, ways and means, national defense, imports and exports, and legislation.

Kenneth Burke's concept of identification is most similar to which of the following?

Agitation propaganda is spectacular, whereas integrative propaganda is gradual and imperceptible.

The narrative paradigm synthesizes two strands in rhetorical theory: the argumentative, persuasive theme, and the literary, aesthetic theme.

Psychological warfare intends to break the morale of the enemy and cause them to doubt their own beliefs and values.

Richard Whately, who was the archbishop of Dublin, accomplished which of the following?

La Technique is inseparable from the technological society that totally immerses the individual continuously.

Myths are mere fairy tales and have no place in the study of persuasion.

Introduction to Persuasion in Everyday Practices

Audiences: Social Scientists Address Needs, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Language: the Code of Persuasion

Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Support

Political Communication: Mediated Constructions

Legal Communication: Persuasion in Court

Religion and Persuasion

Art As Persuasion: Visual Rhetoric

Advertising: Integrated Marketing Communication IMC

Public Relations: Engineering Public Consent

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Exam 2: Rhetorical Scholars: Perspectives on Rhetoric

Lenin, Hitler, and Mao used agitation propaganda, which confronts the status quo with opposition.

Hugh Rank created the intensify/downplay schema to teach students to resist which of the following?

A paradigm shift means that we need a new model for viewing the world.

All persuasion consists of self-persuasion.

Richard Whately, the archbishop of Dublin, taught his seminary students to engage in elocution, which focuses on gestures and voice.

The Allegory of the Cave depicted people as prisoners chained to a cave wall that was supposed to show which of the following?

Image restoration means using public relations to deceive the public.

Explain what belles lettres and elocution are and then explain the advice that Richard Whately gave to his divinity students in Dublin in 1828.

Plato believed in relativistic ethics.

The eulogy of Coretta Scott King, the widow of M. L. King Jr., is an example of what form of communication?

Explain Aristotle's three classic appeals to influence or persuade an audience. Include which of these Aristotle thought was most important.

Adolph Hitler wrote Mein Kampf, which means:

Epideictic communication focuses on war and peace, ways and means, national defense, imports and exports, and legislation.

Kenneth Burke's concept of identification is most similar to which of the following?

Agitation propaganda is spectacular, whereas integrative propaganda is gradual and imperceptible.

The narrative paradigm synthesizes two strands in rhetorical theory: the argumentative, persuasive theme, and the literary, aesthetic theme.

Psychological warfare intends to break the morale of the enemy and cause them to doubt their own beliefs and values.

Richard Whately, who was the archbishop of Dublin, accomplished which of the following?

La Technique is inseparable from the technological society that totally immerses the individual continuously.

Myths are mere fairy tales and have no place in the study of persuasion.

Introduction to Persuasion in Everyday Practices

Audiences: Social Scientists Address Needs, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Language: the Code of Persuasion

Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Support

Political Communication: Mediated Constructions

Legal Communication: Persuasion in Court

Religion and Persuasion

Art As Persuasion: Visual Rhetoric

Advertising: Integrated Marketing Communication IMC

Public Relations: Engineering Public Consent

Filters