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Rhetorical elements

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of context has to do with an act of communication's physical location?

a)

Historical

b)

Geographical

c)

Citational

d)

Sociocultural

2.

A general feeling of conflict between religion and science during the mid-to-late 19th century would count as what kind of context?

a)

Geographical

b)

Citational

c)

Historical

d)

Sociocultural

3.

The poem "Porphyria's Lover" is located next to the poem "Johannes Agricola in Meditation" in Robert Browning's book Dramatic Lyrics. What kind of context is this?

a)

Citational

b)

Geographical

c)

Historical

d)

Sociocultural

4.

Lin-Manuel Miranda discovered Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton and this motivated him to write the musical Hamilton. His discovery of the biography was his what?

a)

His historical context

b)

His sociocultural context

c)

His kairos

d)

His exigence

5.

What is the purpose of the IHOb commercial? (Select all correct answers.)

a)

To inform that the restaurant has burgers.

b)

To persuade customers to eat their burgers.

c)

To entertain viewers with the man falling off the roof in comical fashion.

d)

To persuade customers to eat IHOP pancakes.

6.

What modalities does the Hamilton song "Farmer Refuted" use? (The video of the song posted on D2L, that is; select all correct answers.)

a)

Verbal

b)

Haptic

c)

Auditory

d)

Visual

7.

What is the medium for "Porphyria's Lover"? (The version printed in Robert Browning's book Dramatic Lyrics, that is?)

a)

Internet

b)

Print

c)

Television

d)

Radio

8.

What is the genre of the song "Farmer Refuted"? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Autobiography

b)

Song

c)

Hip hop

d)

Classical

9.

The IHOb commercial was seen on television in 2018 and was also uploaded on YouTube around that time. People could not see it any other way. How was the IHOb commercial circulated? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Through the internet (YouTube specifically)

b)

Through release in various movie theaters

c)

Through television airwaves

d)

Through DVDs handed to random people on the street

10.

At the end of "Porphyria's Lover," Browning presents the image of a woman strangled to death with her hair and a man creepily holding her in his arms. He does this to convince his audience to take mental health seriously and believe in science as opposed to religious traditions he finds disagreeable. What rhetorical appeal is he using with that final image?

(a)