CMN 001 Final Exam Study Guide
questions well answered
J.J. Murphy Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: art and study of human discourse for the
purposes of adducing useful precepts for future discourse
Quintilian Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: Art of speaking well
Concept: only useful if ppl applied to practical and public affairs
-Five principle duties of a speaker
-Defend the truth Protect the innocent
-Prevent criminal behavior Inspire the military Inspire the public
Lloyd Bitzer Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: reaction to situations; power of meaning
lies w/ context, not speaker
Concept:
-Situations hold inherent meaning that speakers identify thru their responses
-situations essential call rhetoric into being
Richard Vatz - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: creates situations
Concept:
-Meaning created by speaker through speech, therefore situations lack meaning until defined by
the speaker
- responses are choice of speaker
, Aristotle's Inartistic Proof - correct answer ✔✔ All the evidence, data, and documents that exist
outside of the speaker and the audience, but nevertheless can aid in persuasion
Aristotle's Artistic Proof - correct answer ✔✔ constructed by the speaker for the occasion;
concerns ethos, pathos, and logos
Cicero- *Invention (1st cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ selecting and performing
investigative research on a given topic
-come up with an idea: selecting and performing investigative research on given topic.
Determine the general purpose for speaking, then choose topic for the purpose
Cicero- *Arrangement (2nd cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ devising an effective
structure, or arrangement for the speech
-devising an effective structure for the speech.Specified into: Arrangement of the overall
structure of speech and Organization of the arguments( the body of the speech)
Cicero- *Style (3rd cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ considering the language you will
use to convey your message including word choice, sentence structure, and possible
presentation aids
-Designing the specifics of the speech: language you will use, sentence structure, diction,
etc.Clarity, correctness, vividness, appropriatenessEvaluate possible uses of presentation aids to
assist in conveying your meaning
Cicero- *Memory (4th cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ earning your material well
enough to be able to move on to be able to deliver the speech without extensive use of notes
questions well answered
J.J. Murphy Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: art and study of human discourse for the
purposes of adducing useful precepts for future discourse
Quintilian Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: Art of speaking well
Concept: only useful if ppl applied to practical and public affairs
-Five principle duties of a speaker
-Defend the truth Protect the innocent
-Prevent criminal behavior Inspire the military Inspire the public
Lloyd Bitzer Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: reaction to situations; power of meaning
lies w/ context, not speaker
Concept:
-Situations hold inherent meaning that speakers identify thru their responses
-situations essential call rhetoric into being
Richard Vatz - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: creates situations
Concept:
-Meaning created by speaker through speech, therefore situations lack meaning until defined by
the speaker
- responses are choice of speaker
, Aristotle's Inartistic Proof - correct answer ✔✔ All the evidence, data, and documents that exist
outside of the speaker and the audience, but nevertheless can aid in persuasion
Aristotle's Artistic Proof - correct answer ✔✔ constructed by the speaker for the occasion;
concerns ethos, pathos, and logos
Cicero- *Invention (1st cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ selecting and performing
investigative research on a given topic
-come up with an idea: selecting and performing investigative research on given topic.
Determine the general purpose for speaking, then choose topic for the purpose
Cicero- *Arrangement (2nd cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ devising an effective
structure, or arrangement for the speech
-devising an effective structure for the speech.Specified into: Arrangement of the overall
structure of speech and Organization of the arguments( the body of the speech)
Cicero- *Style (3rd cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ considering the language you will
use to convey your message including word choice, sentence structure, and possible
presentation aids
-Designing the specifics of the speech: language you will use, sentence structure, diction,
etc.Clarity, correctness, vividness, appropriatenessEvaluate possible uses of presentation aids to
assist in conveying your meaning
Cicero- *Memory (4th cannon of rhetoric) - correct answer ✔✔ earning your material well
enough to be able to move on to be able to deliver the speech without extensive use of notes
