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1

Burke argues that language
A)is a strategic response to a situation.
B)is merely a tool to transmit information, not meaning.
C)provides a way to understand human motivation.
D)a and c
2

What does Burke call the common ground that exists between speaker and audience?
A)substance
B)homophily
C)identification
D)agency
3

Which of the following terms are part of Burke's pentad?
A)act
B)scene
C)purpose
D)all of the above
4

Which term in the pentad refers to the implied goal of a speaker's remarks?
A)act
B)purpose
C)agency
D)agent
5

The Burkean term for describing the means a person used to perform the act is called
A)purpose.
B)agent.
C)agency.
D)scene.
6

What is the Burkean term that refers to what was done?
A)agency
B)act
C)agent
D)scene
7

According to the pentad, the context for where and when the act was done is called the
A)purpose.
B)scene.
C)agent.
D)agency.
8

In the pentad, the term for the person performing a speech is called the
A)agent.
B)agency.
C)purpose.
D)act.
9

Burke's goal with the pentad was
A)to provide a greater understanding for journalists by pointing out the who, what, when, where, why and how.
B)to create a method that works flawlessly to evaluate any text.
C)to evaluate the term in a text that seemed to drive the action in order to accurately interpret the speaker's motivation.
D)none of the above
10

Burke believed that the ultimate motivation of all public speaking is to
A)persuade people to do what we want them to do.
B)purge ourselves of guilt.
C)fight for our individual rights as citizens.
D)a and b
11

The term that Burke used to describe two unlike things that are compared to one another is called
A)substance.
B)the pentad.
C)perspective by incongruity.
D)none of the above
12

According to Burke, guilt is a powerful motivator. Where does he say guilt comes from?
A)teachers
B)journalists
C)bureaucracies
D)all of the above
13

Burke's term for blaming yourself for the problems of a situation is called
A)perspective by incongruity.
B)mortification.
C)identification.
D)purification.
14

Burke suggests that in order to remove guilt we have ___ choices.
A)two
B)three
C)four
D)unlimited
15

The process of blaming an external enemy as the source of societal problems is called
A)redemption.
B)mortification.
C)victimage.
D)identification.
16

Burke argues that human motivation can be understood by studying language.
A)True
B)False
17

Burke believed that life is like a drama.
A)True
B)False
18

Substance is the term that Burke used to describe the common ground that exists between speaker and audience.
A)True
B)False
19

Burke preferred to use religious language in his analysis rather than scientific jargon.
A)True
B)False
20

According to Burke's pentad, the stimulus for any action is what he refers to as agency.
A)True
B)False





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