Exam 10: Contemporary Rhetoric II: Situation, Story, Display

What did Walter Fisher mean by coherence and fidelity?

Which of the following terms did Michel Bakhtin say was the basic unit of discourse that represented a personal statement full of potential meaning?

What did Walter Fisher mean by practical wisdom?

Which of the following terms does Ernest Bormann define as the basic plots which are repeated in group or organizational stories?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -In Bakhtin, chains of assertion and response that reveal the presence of different voices.

Provide and briefly define the three essential components of Lloyd Bitzer's "rhetorical situation." Relate these components to Bitzer's notion of a "fitting response."

What does Nicholas Carr mean by the phrase, "ecology of interruption technology"?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -What Bitzer defines as "an imperfection marked by urgency," part of the rhetorical situation.

What did Ernest Bormann notice about the role of stories in groups?

Provide the names of, and briefly define, the components of Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad. What is his pentad advanced as a means of explaining or discussing?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -Booth's insight that, in narrative, "the author's judgment is always present" in a novel.

What qualities does Andrea Lunsford believe define the new digital literacy?

Walter Fisher's concept of practical wisdom as a means for communities to determine values and understand justice relates to which of the following classic rhetorical concepts?

Michel Bakhtin, who was against a univocal or fixed use of language, elevated the concept he termed ___________________, which meant the vast variety of language use evident in a culture.

Which of the following rhetoricians is famous for the dramatistic pentad, which analyzes the act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose?

Both Burke and Bakhtin believed in which of the following views on words and language?

After reading this chapter, what argument could be made for broadening the conception of rhetoric beyond public speeches or widely circulated written documents?