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CMJN 2100 TEST 1 (AUBURN) 2026
LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|
ACE YOUR GRADES.
Classical Period
Plato focused on dialect
Aristotle defined rhetoric, persuasion and proofs
Cicero defined canons of rhetoric
Medieval Period
church dominated- little intellectual development
St. Augustine- rhetorical theory and its relation to the church
Renaissance Period
rebirth, securing education opportunities for women
Ramus developed canons by combining style and delivery
Bacon continued work followed by the classical period
Modern Period
intellectual trends involved study of rhetoric
5 canons of rhetoric
invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery
Descartes and Locke
mistrusted normal uses of rhetoric and argued that truth could be
obtained only through discourse that was solidly grounded in an
understanding of human rationality
Campbell
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receivers were active participants in the persuasion process
Definition 1 of Communication
Communication is a process of acting on information
Definition 4 of Communication
speech communication is a human process through which we
make sense out of the world and share that sense with others
Definition 6 of Communication
communication is a process whereby people assign meanings to
stimuli in order to make sense of the world
Definition 7 of Communication
Communication is the transmission of information, ideas,
emotions, skills, etc., by the use of symbols-words, pictures,
figures, graphs, etc.
explanatory function
dividing a process into constituent parts and showing us how the
parts are connected
predictive function
the ability of a theory to predict events
control function
using language, gestures and emotions to manage the actions of
others
models are simplified versions of very complex processes
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perspectives
a coherent set of assumptions about the way a process operates
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rules approach to communication
Rules researchers believe that human behavior is not so much
caused as chosen: to accomplish their goals, people choose
certain lines of action and follow certain rules laid down by their
cultures.
phonology
study of the sound system of a language
semantics
study of the meaning system of a language
syntactics
study of the structure of phrases and sentences
pragmatics
study of the social context of language
speech act
an act done by the speaker to the hearer; identifies the speaker's
intention
episode
a sequences of communicative behaviors that exist as a unit with
a beginning, middle and end; identifies the nature of an interaction
relationship
who two communicators are to one another; defines the kind of
language permissible between two people
Life Script
an individual's sense of self; controls how an individual will
present himself or herself to others
CMJN 2100 TEST 1 (AUBURN) 2026
LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|
ACE YOUR GRADES.
Classical Period
Plato focused on dialect
Aristotle defined rhetoric, persuasion and proofs
Cicero defined canons of rhetoric
Medieval Period
church dominated- little intellectual development
St. Augustine- rhetorical theory and its relation to the church
Renaissance Period
rebirth, securing education opportunities for women
Ramus developed canons by combining style and delivery
Bacon continued work followed by the classical period
Modern Period
intellectual trends involved study of rhetoric
5 canons of rhetoric
invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery
Descartes and Locke
mistrusted normal uses of rhetoric and argued that truth could be
obtained only through discourse that was solidly grounded in an
understanding of human rationality
Campbell
, Page | 2
receivers were active participants in the persuasion process
Definition 1 of Communication
Communication is a process of acting on information
Definition 4 of Communication
speech communication is a human process through which we
make sense out of the world and share that sense with others
Definition 6 of Communication
communication is a process whereby people assign meanings to
stimuli in order to make sense of the world
Definition 7 of Communication
Communication is the transmission of information, ideas,
emotions, skills, etc., by the use of symbols-words, pictures,
figures, graphs, etc.
explanatory function
dividing a process into constituent parts and showing us how the
parts are connected
predictive function
the ability of a theory to predict events
control function
using language, gestures and emotions to manage the actions of
others
models are simplified versions of very complex processes
!!!
perspectives
a coherent set of assumptions about the way a process operates
, Page | 3
rules approach to communication
Rules researchers believe that human behavior is not so much
caused as chosen: to accomplish their goals, people choose
certain lines of action and follow certain rules laid down by their
cultures.
phonology
study of the sound system of a language
semantics
study of the meaning system of a language
syntactics
study of the structure of phrases and sentences
pragmatics
study of the social context of language
speech act
an act done by the speaker to the hearer; identifies the speaker's
intention
episode
a sequences of communicative behaviors that exist as a unit with
a beginning, middle and end; identifies the nature of an interaction
relationship
who two communicators are to one another; defines the kind of
language permissible between two people
Life Script
an individual's sense of self; controls how an individual will
present himself or herself to others
