Question: Which of Cicero’s rhetorical canons focuses on the verbal & nonverbal performance of a speech?
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Arrangement, Expression, Memory, Delivery, Invention
Answer: Delivery
Question: A deductive argument based on an unstated premise presumed to be shared by the speaker & audience
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Enthymeme, Syllogism, Endoxa, Techne, A & B
Answer: Enthymeme
Question: A type of rhetorical appeal focused on connecting with an audience’s values and emotions
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Logos, Kairos, Ethos, Pathos
Answer: Pathos
Question: A type of rhetorical appeal premised on a rhetor’s establishment of their character and credibility:
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Logos, Ethos, Kairos, Pathos
Answer: Ethos
Question: In English, the French word “renaissance” means:
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Refried, Rebirth, Respect, Refinement
Answer: Rebirth
Question: A Renaissance-era teacher or student of classical literature and the arts associated with it, including rhetoric
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Vita activa, Umanista, Mimetica, Affectus
Answer: Umanista
Question: The most prominent rhetorical theorist of the Middle Ages:
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Longinus, Aristotle, Plato, Augustine
Answer: Augustine
Question: The main goal of preaching during the Middle Ages was to:
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Speak out against destructive forms of government, Encourage deep theological inquiry, Improve moral conduct & religious understanding, Warn sinners of the wrath of God
Answer: Improve moral conduct & religious understanding
Question: Medieval teaching method in which general topics were debated using fixed premises taken from authoritative sources, such as ancient philosophy and the Bible:
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Scholasticism, Pronuntio, Socratic dialogue, Conversio
Answer: Scholasticism
Question: A place for rational discussion among individuals unrestrained by dominant political systems:
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Public sphere, Universal audience, Salon, Agora
Answer: Agora
Question: During the Enlightenment era, scholars turned toward pursuits of knowledge grounded in systematic observation and measurement. This type of knowledge is also called:
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Practical, Platonic, Divine, Empirical
Answer: Empirical
Question: The intellectual effort to bring scientific standards to bear on the investigation and resolution of all issues:
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Elocution, Rational science, Abstract realism, Logical positivism
Answer: Logical positivism
Question: This Enlightenment era perspective emphasized expressive, polished speech, good articulation, and good (English) pronunciation:
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Elocutionary movement, Italian humanism, Articulatory movement, Belletristic movement
Answer: Elocutionary movement
Question: This Enlightenment era perspective emphasized the study and production of language thought to foster good taste:
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Evolutionary rhetoric, Italian humanism, Belletristic movement, Elocutionary movement
Answer: Belletristic movement
Question: According to Fisher, the narrative paradigm assumes that the basic mode of human decision making is argument based on a logic of:
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good reasons, cause and effect, rational thinking, values and emotions
Answer: good reasons