Rhetoric Final Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Rhetoric Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How do Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca define the locus of the irreparable? (cox) -
CORRECT ANSWER- one of the several "lines of argument relating to the preferable"
As a way of organizing our perceptions of a situation involving dec...
Rhetoric Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How do Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca define the locus of the irreparable? (cox) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- one of the several "lines of argument relating to the preferable"
As a way of organizing our perceptions of a situation involving decision or action, the locus
of the irreparable calls attention to what three qualities? (cox) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
calls attention to the UNIQUE and PRECARIOUS nature of some object or state of affairs,
and stresses the TIMELESSNESS of our relationship to it
In 49 BC, Julius Caesar led his armies across the Rubicon, the border between Gaul and Italy
saying, "...the die is cast," openly stating his opposition to the Roman Senate and Pompey's
armies. In taking this step, what was Caesar committed to? (cox) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- he is committed to "seeing the act through" which removes any further choice
syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a formal deductive argument made up of a major
premise, a minor premise, and conclusion. if the premises are true then the conclusion must
be true
enthymene - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a syllogism with one missing premise, usually
supplied by audience
anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of
successive phrases, clauses, or lines
argument from consequence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an argument claiming that a
hypothetical cause will produce an anticipated effect
argument from authority - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- making an argument based on
authority or power
argument from definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- using a strategically reasoned
definition to support an argument position
, argument from principle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- argument that values and principles
should guide decisions
"we should allow... because its the American way"
crescendo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- gradual increase in intensity
climax - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- conclusion of a sequence of phrases or sentences, each
more forceful or intense than that
enactment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- argument technique in which the speaker embodies
the argument
rhetorical form - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the raising and fulfilling of expectations in an
audience, or structure of a rhetorical act
hyperbole - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect
identification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a proposal which produces a powerful feeling of
affinity in the audience with another person or group, often the speaker
kairos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the principle of timely, creative response to a particular
action
public vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- culturally established and sanctioned terms
that compose people's taken for granted understanding of the world
ideograph - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a high-order abstraction representing collective
commitment to a particular but equivocal and ill-defined normative goal.
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