Question 1

According to Burke, we engage in ________ when using words to give life to particular motives and pursue particular goals when we speak.

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A)   dramatism
B)   mortification
C)   symbolic action
D)   homophilic persuasion

Question 2

Mortification is a method of purging guilt through self-blame that requires the confession of sin and a request for forgiveness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Homophily is a term used by behavioral scientists to describe what Burke called the devil-term.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For Burke, life is not like drama; it is drama.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Burke's theory has been criticized because:

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A)   he had insufficient interest in ethical issues.
B)   his assumption that guilt underlies all public address is questionable.
C)   his prose is often confusing and obscure.
D)   Both "his assumption that guilt underlies all public address is questionable" and "his prose is often confusing and obscure" are correct.

Question 6

Burke asserts that without identification, there can be no persuasion. Explain what he means by identification and why it is so important.

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Identification, as defined by Kenneth Bu...

Question 7

Describe and explain the dramatistic pentad.

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The dramatistic pentad is a concept deve...

Question 8

Choose a current debate or controversy on campus, in your community, or in the nation, and describe it in Burkean terms. How well does it seem to conform to the dramatistic pentad and the guilt-redemption cycle?

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One current debate or controversy in the...

Question 9

How does Burke's notion of the scapegoat compare to Aristotle's notion that, to evince hatred and promote solidarity, a speaker must refer to a common enemy?

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Burke's notion of the scapegoat and Aris...

Question 10

Marie Hochmuth Nichols was a University of Illinois rhetorician who criticized Burke's lack of respect for ethics in communication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The process of designating an external enemy as the source of all our ills is:

Accepted Answer

A)   victimage.
B)   mortification.
C)   personification.
D)   vilification.

Question 12

Why did Burke make use of spiritual language in his theory?

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Kenneth Burke, an American literary theo...

Question 13

According to Burke, ________ requires confession of sin and a request for forgiveness to purge one's guilt.

Accepted Answer

A)   identification
B)   victimage
C)   mortification
D)   criticism

Question 14

How might Burke's theory explain the peripheral route to persuasion of the elaboration likelihood model?

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Edmund Burke's theories are not directly...

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