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Anthony’s College LIBERAL ARTS - EDUCATION

San Jose, Antique 1 ST Semester; SY 2018 - 2019
PRELIM EXAMINATION ENGLISH 105 – Advanced
Rhetorics

I. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being asked. Choose your answer inside the box.

artistic Aristotle metaphor dialectic

virtuous character style perceived intelligence invention
goodwill enthymeme inartistic Sophists

1. These are proofs a speaker doesn’t create.

2. It is the strongest of the proofs.
3. Ancient Greece was known for its traveling speech teachers called ________.
4. These are proofs the speaker creates.
5. The quality of intelligence has more to do with practical wisdom and shared values.
6. Aristotle’s treatment of style in the Rhetoric focuses on _______________.
7. It is the selection of language.
8. It is the construction of argument.
9. It is a positive judgment of the speaker’s intention toward the audience.
10. It answers general philosophical questions.

II. ALTERNATE RESPONSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct; FALSE if otherwise.
1. Logical proof comes from the line of argument in the speech.
2. Some form of logos and pathos is present in every public presentation.
3. An enthymeme is an incomplete version of a formal deductive syllogism.
4. Rhetoric is discovering all possible means of persuasion.
5. The first in Aristotle’s classification is ceremonial.
6. Inartistic proofs are external evidence the speaker doesn’t create.
7. Virtuous character has to do with the speaker’s image as a good and honest person.
8. Pathos are emotional proof, which comes from the feelings the speech draws out of those who
hear it.
9. The golden mean will often prove to be the best way to persuade others.
10. According to Aristotle, you should avoid complicated schemes of organization.

III. ESSAY. Answer what is being instructed.

1. For most people today, the term rhetoric has unfavorable associations. What synonym or
phrase captures what Aristotle meant yet doesn’t carry a negative connotation? – 10pts.

2. Discuss and cite examples on the given Emotional Proof. (5pts each) – 15pts.
a. Anger versus Mildness
b. Love or Friendship versus Hatred
c. Fear versus Confidence

3. Aristotle divided ethos into issues of intelligence, character, and goodwill. Which quality is
most important to you when you hear a campaign address, sermon, or other public speech?
Explain. – 10pts.

4. Most scholars who define themselves as rhetoricians identify with the humanities rather than
the sciences. Can you support the claim that Aristotle took a scientific approach to rhetoric? –
10pts.
 St. Anthony’s College LIBERAL ARTS - EDUCATION
San Jose, Antique 1 ST Semester; SY 2018 - 2019
MIDTERM EXAMINATION ENGLISH 105 – Advanced
Rhetorics

I. ALTERNATE RESPONSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct; FALSE if otherwise.

1. Popular culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images, and other
phenomena.
2. Popular culture has inaccessibility and appeal.
3. Cultural texts are those objects, actions, and behaviors that reveal cultural meanings.
4. Exemplification provides facts, statistics, and cases in point in an essay.
5. In Counterpoints, the writer choose to repeat particular words.
6. Cause and effect divides a whole into parts or sort related items.
7. Rhetorical situation revolves around three components.
8. One of the first modern scholar to focus on the concept of the rhetorical situation was Lloyd
Bitzer.
9. In Dramatism theory, our lives are as if on stage, setting us individuals as actors.
10. Dramatism was developed by Kline Burke as a tool for analyzing human relationships.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letters only.

1.
A. narration F. flashback K. oxymoron
B. definition G. satire L. cause and effect
C. analogy H. diction M. imagery
D. personification I. symbolism N. hyperbole
E. parallelism J. parody O. point of view
The essay use any provocative language that calls upon reader’s senses.
2. It is a memory of an event in the past.
3. It is an important word in the essay with many meanings and is defined or clarified.
4. It is giving human qualities to animals or objects.
5. The writer seem to assert that a thing has meaning outside of the obvious.
6. It is any contradictions used in the essay which contain some grain of truth.
7. The writer’s humor aim to fix its target.
8. There are any syntactic similarities between two parts of a sentence.
9. The writer’s terms seem to obviously clash.
10. The writer choose to use particular words.
11. There are any comparisons made by the writer to strengthen her message.

12. The intended audience of a piece of writing will likely impact its ______, ____, and ______.
A. language comprehension; assumption of shared beliefs; presumed reaction
B. choice of vocabulary; assumption of background knowledge; assumption of values
C. use of jargon; historical context; assumption of goals
D. use of idiom; author’s purpose; engaged audience
13. Which of the following statements about audience is TRUE.
A. The purpose of a piece of writing determines its unintended audience.
B. The writer may unconsciously have a particular audience.
C. The strongest pieces of writing appeal to broad audiences.
D. The intended audience shares the same values and background with the author.

III. ESSAY. Answer what is being instructed.

1. Why is Popular Culture important? – 5pts.

2. Differentiate Folk culture from High Culture. – 6pts
3. Why is rhetorical situation important? – 6pts.
3. Explain in your own words the given quotations and cite examples:
A. “Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.” by Plato – 8pts
B. “Rhetoric then may be defined as the faculty of discovering the possible means of
persuasion in reference to any subject whatever.” by Aristotle – 8pts
C. “We not only interpret the character of events…we may also interpret our interpretations.” -10pts.
D. “Language does our thinking for us.” – 7pts
E. “Every question selects a field of battle.” – 7pts.
Prepared by: Mrs. Debra Lorraine M. Panaguiton