Question: Which of Cicero’s rhetorical canons focuses on the verbal & nonverbal performance of a speech?

Answer Options:
Arrangement, Expression, Memory, Delivery, Invention

Answer: Delivery

 

Question: A deductive argument based on an unstated premise presumed to be shared by the speaker & audience

Answer Options:
Enthymeme, Syllogism, Endoxa, Techne, A & B

Answer: Enthymeme

 

Question: A type of rhetorical appeal focused on connecting with an audience’s values and emotions

Answer Options:
Logos, Kairos, Ethos, Pathos

Answer: Pathos

 

Question: A type of rhetorical appeal premised on a rhetor’s establishment of their character and credibility:

Answer Options:
Logos, Ethos, Kairos, Pathos

Answer: Ethos

 

Question: In English, the French word “renaissance” means:

Answer Options:
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:

Answer Options:
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:

Answer Options:
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:

Answer Options:
good reasons, cause and effect, rational thinking, values and emotions

Answer: good reasons