UNL Comm 101 Exam 1 Questions with
complete solutions 2025
Communication .- .ANS✓✓-The .process .of .using .messages .to .generate .meaning
Communications .- .ANS✓✓-Exchange .of .information
Understanding .- .ANS✓✓-Shared .meaning
Meaning .- .ANS✓✓-Understanding .messages
Competence .- .ANS✓✓-The .ability .of .a .person .to .effectively .communicate
Assertion .- .ANS✓✓-Not .always .fact, .not .supported .with .facts .and/or .logic
Argument .- .ANS✓✓-Claim/Conclusion .supported .by .evidence .or .logical
.reasoning
Ethos .- .ANS✓✓-Credibility, .good .will .towards .speaker
Pathos .- .ANS✓✓-Emotional .appeals .drawn .from .audience
Logos .- .ANS✓✓-Logical .proof
Syllogisms .- .ANS✓✓-Set .of .propositions .that .are .related .to .one .another
Major .premise .- .ANS✓✓-Generalizeable .claim
Minor .premise .- .ANS✓✓-Specific .claim
Conclusion .- .ANS✓✓-Final .statement
Theory .of .Dramatism .- .ANS✓✓-(Kenneth .Burke) .People .come .to .know .the
.world .through .drama .via .narrative .story .telling
Scene .- .ANS✓✓-Physical .location, .situation, .time, .social .place, .occasion, .etc.
, Act .- .ANS✓✓-Motivated .or .purposeful .action
Agent .- .ANS✓✓-Person/Group .who .takes .action .in .the .scene
Agency .- .ANS✓✓-Tool, .method, .or .means .used .by .persuader .to .accomplish
.ends
Purpose .- .ANS✓✓-Reason .an .agent .acts .in .scene .using .particular .agency
Audience .- .ANS✓✓-The .target .of .a .argument
Exigency .- .ANS✓✓-Purpose .of .an .argument
Genre .- .ANS✓✓-Type .of .writing/speaking .that .is .specific .to .a .particular .context
Time .& .Place .- .ANS✓✓-Time .limits .constrain .communication .choices/location
Adversary .system .- .ANS✓✓-(Ancient .Greece) .Method .to .settle .disputes .without
.violence .through .a .3rd .party
Aristotle's .definition .of .rhetoric .- .ANS✓✓-The .faculty .of .observing .in .any .given
.case .the .available .means .of .persuasion
Sophists .- .ANS✓✓-Earliest .teachers .of .public .speaking .in .Ancient .Greece
Isocrates .- .ANS✓✓-Most .influential .Sophist
Plato's .Cave .- .ANS✓✓-(Analogy) .Reality .can .be .different .from .what .you .think
.reality .is
Toulmin's .Model .of .Argument .(3 .components) .- .ANS✓✓-Claim, .Data, .and
.Warrant
Claim .- .ANS✓✓-Conclusion .you .want .audience .to .accept
Data .- .ANS✓✓-Evidence .you .provide .to .support .your .argument
Warrant .- .ANS✓✓-Explanation .that .connects .data .to .claim
Backing .- .ANS✓✓-Extra .evidence .validating .claim/warrant
Cicero's .5 .Cannons .of .Rhetoric .- .ANS✓✓-Invention, .Arrangement, .Style,
.Memory, .Delivery
Invention .- .ANS✓✓-Generation .of .ideas, .information, .and .arguments
complete solutions 2025
Communication .- .ANS✓✓-The .process .of .using .messages .to .generate .meaning
Communications .- .ANS✓✓-Exchange .of .information
Understanding .- .ANS✓✓-Shared .meaning
Meaning .- .ANS✓✓-Understanding .messages
Competence .- .ANS✓✓-The .ability .of .a .person .to .effectively .communicate
Assertion .- .ANS✓✓-Not .always .fact, .not .supported .with .facts .and/or .logic
Argument .- .ANS✓✓-Claim/Conclusion .supported .by .evidence .or .logical
.reasoning
Ethos .- .ANS✓✓-Credibility, .good .will .towards .speaker
Pathos .- .ANS✓✓-Emotional .appeals .drawn .from .audience
Logos .- .ANS✓✓-Logical .proof
Syllogisms .- .ANS✓✓-Set .of .propositions .that .are .related .to .one .another
Major .premise .- .ANS✓✓-Generalizeable .claim
Minor .premise .- .ANS✓✓-Specific .claim
Conclusion .- .ANS✓✓-Final .statement
Theory .of .Dramatism .- .ANS✓✓-(Kenneth .Burke) .People .come .to .know .the
.world .through .drama .via .narrative .story .telling
Scene .- .ANS✓✓-Physical .location, .situation, .time, .social .place, .occasion, .etc.
, Act .- .ANS✓✓-Motivated .or .purposeful .action
Agent .- .ANS✓✓-Person/Group .who .takes .action .in .the .scene
Agency .- .ANS✓✓-Tool, .method, .or .means .used .by .persuader .to .accomplish
.ends
Purpose .- .ANS✓✓-Reason .an .agent .acts .in .scene .using .particular .agency
Audience .- .ANS✓✓-The .target .of .a .argument
Exigency .- .ANS✓✓-Purpose .of .an .argument
Genre .- .ANS✓✓-Type .of .writing/speaking .that .is .specific .to .a .particular .context
Time .& .Place .- .ANS✓✓-Time .limits .constrain .communication .choices/location
Adversary .system .- .ANS✓✓-(Ancient .Greece) .Method .to .settle .disputes .without
.violence .through .a .3rd .party
Aristotle's .definition .of .rhetoric .- .ANS✓✓-The .faculty .of .observing .in .any .given
.case .the .available .means .of .persuasion
Sophists .- .ANS✓✓-Earliest .teachers .of .public .speaking .in .Ancient .Greece
Isocrates .- .ANS✓✓-Most .influential .Sophist
Plato's .Cave .- .ANS✓✓-(Analogy) .Reality .can .be .different .from .what .you .think
.reality .is
Toulmin's .Model .of .Argument .(3 .components) .- .ANS✓✓-Claim, .Data, .and
.Warrant
Claim .- .ANS✓✓-Conclusion .you .want .audience .to .accept
Data .- .ANS✓✓-Evidence .you .provide .to .support .your .argument
Warrant .- .ANS✓✓-Explanation .that .connects .data .to .claim
Backing .- .ANS✓✓-Extra .evidence .validating .claim/warrant
Cicero's .5 .Cannons .of .Rhetoric .- .ANS✓✓-Invention, .Arrangement, .Style,
.Memory, .Delivery
Invention .- .ANS✓✓-Generation .of .ideas, .information, .and .arguments
