QUESTION 1
- According to the Purdue OWL, which of the following is the best contemporary definition of the word rhetoric?
a.Method people use to identify with other people and see things from one another’s perspectives
b.Language used to manipulate people
c.The type of language used by lawyers and politicians to best achieve their ends
d.Language and approaches intended to persuade people without regard to moral or ethical concerns
1 points
QUESTION 2
- Which of the following is the best definition of rhetorical situation?
a.The reason people communicate with each other
b.The way people communicate when they are trying to persuade others
c.The various elements that influence an act of communicationd.Language used to manipulate people
1 points
QUESTION 3
- The five elements of the rhetorical situation are:
a.Music, art, philosophy, literature, language
b.Text, author, audience, purpose, setting
c.Tone, diction, syntax, mood, metaphor
d.Subject, verb, articles, direct object, indirect object
1 points
QUESTION 4
- In terms of the rhetorical situation, what is the text?
a.Text is the reason the author writes/communicates
b.Text is the actual communication—the letter, the commercial, the speech, etc.
c.Text is the person who writes the articled.Text is place where a piece of writing is published
1 points
QUESTION 5
- To instruct or to argue are examples of what aspect of the rhetorical situation?
a.Purposes for writing
b.Settings
c.Authors of articles
d.Audience
e.Different kinds of texts
1 points
QUESTION 6
- If you are considering the time period during which a piece of writing was published, which aspect of the rhetorical situation are you considering?a.Text
b.Purposec.Author
d.Setting
e.Audience
1 points
QUESTION 7
- If you are analyzing the way in which authors and audiences interact with each other, what are you analyzing?a.The genre of a piece of writing which is part of the text
b.The ability to persuade
c.The community or the conversation which is part of the setting
d.The language the authors use
1 points
QUESTION 8
- True or False: There are many different genres of popular sources True
False
1 points
QUESTION 9
- Who is the general intended audience for all scholarly articles?
a.Other experts—either scholars or practitioners—in the topic
b.Anyone interested in the topic
c.Students who are studying the topicd.The general public
1 points
QUESTION 10
- Which of the following must be true for an article to be considered scholarly? (Choose all that apply)
a.The article must be peer reviewed by other experts on the topic
b.The article must include clear references to outside sources both in the body of the text of the article and on a works cited page/bibliography
c.The article must be clear and concise
d.It must be written by someone with a Ph.D.
1 points
QUESTION 11
- True or False: Every item published in a scholarly journal can be considered scholarly.
True
False
