Fri. 5/16: Exam #1
I'll try to keep a running list of concepts on which you should be prepared to write for the final exam here. I'll edit this first post after each class so you see the list ... but I'll also be pointing out those concepts in class. I would also recommend that you use the commenting feature on this thread to help facilitate an online study session with one another in the class; but that's up to you. :)
The exam will be a combination of recall and application questions. The first section will ask you to define terms. The second section will be essay questions asking you to apply the concepts you've learned.
[u][b]Study Guide[/b][/u]:
• Rhetorical situation (and all it's parts)
• The problem of objectivism in Bitzer (and why constitutive rhetoric matters a little)
• Definitions of social movements (Griffin, Simons, McGee)
• The rhetoric of historical movements according to Griffin
• Leader-centered approach to persuasion in social movements (Simons)
• Rhetorical requirements of leaders of social movements (Simons)
• 3 rhetorical strategies for social movement leaders (Simons)
• Social movement as phenomenon vs. meaning (McGee)
• Ideographs and demonstrating movement as meaning (McGee)
• Compare and contrast Bitzer and Simons
• Compare and contrast Griffin, Simons, and McGee (e.g., How would they talk about a "movement" example differently?)
• What's the distinction between persuasion and coercion for Andrews?
• What do Scott & Smith mean by "Manichean world" or "Manichean struggle"?
• How does confrontation differ as a totalistic strategy and a non-totalistic tactic (Scott & Smith)?
• How is confrontation consummatory?
• How is confrontation rhetorical?
• According to Haiman, what challenges does "body rhetoric" pose for rhetoricians?
• How do Andrews's and Scott & Smith's reads of student protest (i.e., at Columbia) differ?
• Of Andrews, Haiman, and Scott & Smith, who do you think McGee would most closely align himself and why?
