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COMM 3300 Final Questions with Correct
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Rhetoric Answer: How and why our world seems normal, natural,
and permanent.
scope Answer: diversity of a phenomenon
3 views of rhetoric Answer: the bad (empty + performative), the
good (constitutive action), the ugly (instrumental speech)
instrumental speech Answer: Language as a tool for expressing
thought.
Change beliefs through persuasion.
inflationary speech Answer: Empty words, actions matter more.
constitutive speech Answer: language shapes reality
Alter structures and systems to reshape behavior.
Deductive reasoning Answer: general to specific
Inductive Reasoning Answer: specific to general
Toulmin Model Answer: Ground, Claim, Warrant, Qualifier, Backing,
Rebuttal
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Media's Role in society Answer: Constitutes an environment,
shaping perception.
Algorithms and systems reinforce biases.
Sacralization Answer: Ideology appears as non-ideology
Thinking like a Mountain Answer: Cultivate humility and an "other-
centered" perspective.
Recognize ecological interdependence.
Aristotle's Speech Types Answer: Deliberative: Future-oriented
(policy).
Epideictic: Present-focused (praise/blame).
Forensic: Past-based (justice).
Key Ideas of Constitutive Rhetoric Answer: Identity and social
structures shape communication.
Structural power reinforces inequality.
Utterances create and reinforce reality.
Jeremiad Answer: genre of speech: comes from the traditions of
speeches delivered by prophets: not meant to persuade but to
alienate and make people recognize what they have done wrong
(hard truths)
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COMM 3300 Final Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
Rhetoric Answer: How and why our world seems normal, natural,
and permanent.
scope Answer: diversity of a phenomenon
3 views of rhetoric Answer: the bad (empty + performative), the
good (constitutive action), the ugly (instrumental speech)
instrumental speech Answer: Language as a tool for expressing
thought.
Change beliefs through persuasion.
inflationary speech Answer: Empty words, actions matter more.
constitutive speech Answer: language shapes reality
Alter structures and systems to reshape behavior.
Deductive reasoning Answer: general to specific
Inductive Reasoning Answer: specific to general
Toulmin Model Answer: Ground, Claim, Warrant, Qualifier, Backing,
Rebuttal
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Media's Role in society Answer: Constitutes an environment,
shaping perception.
Algorithms and systems reinforce biases.
Sacralization Answer: Ideology appears as non-ideology
Thinking like a Mountain Answer: Cultivate humility and an "other-
centered" perspective.
Recognize ecological interdependence.
Aristotle's Speech Types Answer: Deliberative: Future-oriented
(policy).
Epideictic: Present-focused (praise/blame).
Forensic: Past-based (justice).
Key Ideas of Constitutive Rhetoric Answer: Identity and social
structures shape communication.
Structural power reinforces inequality.
Utterances create and reinforce reality.
Jeremiad Answer: genre of speech: comes from the traditions of
speeches delivered by prophets: not meant to persuade but to
alienate and make people recognize what they have done wrong
(hard truths)
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