CMJN 2100 JOHNSON – EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
What were the four periods of rhetorical study? - ANS Classical, Medieval and Renaissance,
Modern, Contemporary,
the study of communication - ANS rhetoric
teachers of communication - ANS rhetoricians
Who founded the Lyceum? - ANS Aristotle
school that taught rhetoric in Athens around 335 B.C - ANS Lyceum
teacher of Aristotle - ANS Plato
Aristotle's school in which he talked to his students about ethics, politics, and rhetoric -
ANS Peripatetic School
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, first early western rhetoricians - ANS Corax and Tisias
professional speech teachers - ANS sophists
roman politician; considered to be Rome's finest orator - ANS Cicero
period during which the greeks stressed the importance of learning rhetoric skills for democracy
use - ANS Classical
ethical appeal to convince the audience of the author's credibility - ANS ethos
convince an audience by appealing to their emotions - ANS pathos
persuasion based on facts and constructing logical arguments - ANS logos
Isocrates asserted that the power to communicate with one another... - ANS gives humans
the ability to persuade one another
rhetoric is fundamentally about - ANS communication and persuasion
General Nature of Rhetoric (3 basic parts) - ANS Rhetoric is Philosophy's counterpart,
Rhetoric is common to all people, Rhetoric is useful,
__________ is concerned with the search for truth and knowledge - ANS philosophy
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
What were the four periods of rhetorical study? - ANS Classical, Medieval and Renaissance,
Modern, Contemporary,
the study of communication - ANS rhetoric
teachers of communication - ANS rhetoricians
Who founded the Lyceum? - ANS Aristotle
school that taught rhetoric in Athens around 335 B.C - ANS Lyceum
teacher of Aristotle - ANS Plato
Aristotle's school in which he talked to his students about ethics, politics, and rhetoric -
ANS Peripatetic School
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, first early western rhetoricians - ANS Corax and Tisias
professional speech teachers - ANS sophists
roman politician; considered to be Rome's finest orator - ANS Cicero
period during which the greeks stressed the importance of learning rhetoric skills for democracy
use - ANS Classical
ethical appeal to convince the audience of the author's credibility - ANS ethos
convince an audience by appealing to their emotions - ANS pathos
persuasion based on facts and constructing logical arguments - ANS logos
Isocrates asserted that the power to communicate with one another... - ANS gives humans
the ability to persuade one another
rhetoric is fundamentally about - ANS communication and persuasion
General Nature of Rhetoric (3 basic parts) - ANS Rhetoric is Philosophy's counterpart,
Rhetoric is common to all people, Rhetoric is useful,
__________ is concerned with the search for truth and knowledge - ANS philosophy
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