COM 207 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED LATEST UPDATE 2025
Dramatism - Answers A technique of analysis of language and thought as basically modes of
action rather than as means of conveying information.
Identification - Answers The common ground between the speaker and the audience; overlap of
physical characteristics, talents, occupation, friends, experiences, personality beliefs, and
attitudes, consubstantiation.
Dramatistic Pentad - Answers A tool critics can use to discern the motives of a speaker or writer
by labeling five key elements of the human drama: act, scene, agent, agency, purpose.
God-term - Answers The word a speaker uses to which all other positive words are subservient.
Devil-term - Answers The term that sums up all that a speaker regards as bad, wrong, or evil.
Guilt - Answers Burke's catchall term to cover every form of tension, anxiety, embarrassment,
shame, disgust, and other noxious feelings intrinsic to the human condition.
Victimage - Answers The process of naming an external enemy as the source of all personal or
public ills, scapegoating.
What is the role of identification in theory? How does it work? - Answers Identification is the
foundation of emotional appeal. Without identification there is no persuasion.
What are the intentional parts of the pentad? - Answers Act, agent, agency, scene, purpose
Act - Answers A critics label for the act illustrates what was done. Multiple acts form the plot of
the drama. A speech that features dramatic verbs demonstrates a commitment to realism.
Scene - Answers Public speaking that emphasizes setting and circumstance, downplays free
will, and reflects an attitude of situation determinism.
Agent - Answers Some messages are filled with references to self, mind, spirit, and personal
responsibility. This focus on character and the actor as instigator is consistent with
philosophical idealism.
Agency - Answers A long description of methods or technique reflects a "get the job done"
approach that springs from the speakers mindset of pragmatism.
Purpose - Answers An extended discussion of purpose within the message shows a strong
desire on the part of the speaker for unity or ultimate meaning in life, which are common
concerns of mysticism.
Explain the guilt-redemption cycle - Answers Desire to remove guilt drives behavior
Redemption via mortification - Answers Self, confess your own sins and claim your own guilt
, Mortification - Answers Confession of guilt and request for forgiveness.
Burkes dramatist drew heavily from what field? - Answers Theology, use of theological language
What are the unintentional parts of the pentad? - Answers Response, situation, subject, stimulus,
target
Redemption via victimage - Answers Other, burke would call finding the perfect scapegoat
Goals of Dramatism - Answers Understanding what is involved when we say what people are
doing and why they are doing it. The basis of conflict, the virtues and dangers of cooperation,
the opportunities of identification and consunbstantiality
The Narrative Paradigm - Answers The essence of human nature? Story telling beings, all
communication is a story, stories are shaped by history, culture and character. Narrative beings
experience life as a series of ongoing narratives, as conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles
and ends. Structure that provides us with an explanation of symbolic messages. Creating,
composition, adaptation, presentation + reception
Phatic Communication - Answers Communication aimed at maintaining relationships rather
than passing along information or saying something new. "hey how are you" Routinized
communication.
Narration - Answers Communication rooted in time and pace. Covers every aspect of our lives,
leaves listeners to interpret its meaning and assess its value for their own lives.
Paradigm - Answers A conceptual framework: a universal model that calls for people to view
events through a common interpretive lens.
What is Rational-world Paradigm approach - Answers A scientific or philosophical approach to
knowledge that assumes people are logical, making decisions on the basis of evidence and
lines of argument.
Rational-World Paradigm Shift - Answers -People are rational
-Decisions based on arguments
-Type of speaking situation determines course of argument
-Rationality determined by extent of knowledge and proficiency in argument
-World as logical puzzles, solutions through rational analysis
Narrative-Paradigm Shift - Answers -people are story tellers
-decisions based on good reasons
-history, biography, culture and character determine good reasons
Dramatism - Answers A technique of analysis of language and thought as basically modes of
action rather than as means of conveying information.
Identification - Answers The common ground between the speaker and the audience; overlap of
physical characteristics, talents, occupation, friends, experiences, personality beliefs, and
attitudes, consubstantiation.
Dramatistic Pentad - Answers A tool critics can use to discern the motives of a speaker or writer
by labeling five key elements of the human drama: act, scene, agent, agency, purpose.
God-term - Answers The word a speaker uses to which all other positive words are subservient.
Devil-term - Answers The term that sums up all that a speaker regards as bad, wrong, or evil.
Guilt - Answers Burke's catchall term to cover every form of tension, anxiety, embarrassment,
shame, disgust, and other noxious feelings intrinsic to the human condition.
Victimage - Answers The process of naming an external enemy as the source of all personal or
public ills, scapegoating.
What is the role of identification in theory? How does it work? - Answers Identification is the
foundation of emotional appeal. Without identification there is no persuasion.
What are the intentional parts of the pentad? - Answers Act, agent, agency, scene, purpose
Act - Answers A critics label for the act illustrates what was done. Multiple acts form the plot of
the drama. A speech that features dramatic verbs demonstrates a commitment to realism.
Scene - Answers Public speaking that emphasizes setting and circumstance, downplays free
will, and reflects an attitude of situation determinism.
Agent - Answers Some messages are filled with references to self, mind, spirit, and personal
responsibility. This focus on character and the actor as instigator is consistent with
philosophical idealism.
Agency - Answers A long description of methods or technique reflects a "get the job done"
approach that springs from the speakers mindset of pragmatism.
Purpose - Answers An extended discussion of purpose within the message shows a strong
desire on the part of the speaker for unity or ultimate meaning in life, which are common
concerns of mysticism.
Explain the guilt-redemption cycle - Answers Desire to remove guilt drives behavior
Redemption via mortification - Answers Self, confess your own sins and claim your own guilt
, Mortification - Answers Confession of guilt and request for forgiveness.
Burkes dramatist drew heavily from what field? - Answers Theology, use of theological language
What are the unintentional parts of the pentad? - Answers Response, situation, subject, stimulus,
target
Redemption via victimage - Answers Other, burke would call finding the perfect scapegoat
Goals of Dramatism - Answers Understanding what is involved when we say what people are
doing and why they are doing it. The basis of conflict, the virtues and dangers of cooperation,
the opportunities of identification and consunbstantiality
The Narrative Paradigm - Answers The essence of human nature? Story telling beings, all
communication is a story, stories are shaped by history, culture and character. Narrative beings
experience life as a series of ongoing narratives, as conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles
and ends. Structure that provides us with an explanation of symbolic messages. Creating,
composition, adaptation, presentation + reception
Phatic Communication - Answers Communication aimed at maintaining relationships rather
than passing along information or saying something new. "hey how are you" Routinized
communication.
Narration - Answers Communication rooted in time and pace. Covers every aspect of our lives,
leaves listeners to interpret its meaning and assess its value for their own lives.
Paradigm - Answers A conceptual framework: a universal model that calls for people to view
events through a common interpretive lens.
What is Rational-world Paradigm approach - Answers A scientific or philosophical approach to
knowledge that assumes people are logical, making decisions on the basis of evidence and
lines of argument.
Rational-World Paradigm Shift - Answers -People are rational
-Decisions based on arguments
-Type of speaking situation determines course of argument
-Rationality determined by extent of knowledge and proficiency in argument
-World as logical puzzles, solutions through rational analysis
Narrative-Paradigm Shift - Answers -people are story tellers
-decisions based on good reasons
-history, biography, culture and character determine good reasons
