COMM401
Terms
- (2) verb forms
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transitive - needs a object - She Bought_____ (what?)
intransitive - doesn't need an object - she ate.
- 2 possible part of a sentence
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clause - has subject and finite verb - can stand alone
phrases - doesnt have a subject or finite verb
prepositional phrases - before, after, with
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2 types of clauses
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independent - could be a sentence of their own - joined with coordinating conjunctions
coordinating conjunctions - and, or, but, so, yet
dependent - paired with sentence - joined with subordinating conj
- 2 types of verbs
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finite
nonfinite
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2 ways to approach
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instrumental - usinglangauge symbols to convience someone of your ideas
constitutive - different sterotypes - alters definition langauge and symbols - shaping world views
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3 parts of rhetorical siltation
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1. exegence
2. audience
3. constraints
3.1 - rhetoric has control over
3.2 - audience mood and attitude
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3 types of nonfinite verbs
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1. infinint -to_____ EX. to ski, to run
2. participlus - adding ing becomes adj
3. gerunds - adding ing becomes noun
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7 charastics of rhetoric
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1. public
2. purposeful
3. pragmatic
4. propositional
5. problem solving
6. poetic
7. powerful
- Adjectives
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describes nouns
- adverb
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describes a verb or an adjective
- articles
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the , a, an, this, his, her
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class of verbs
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linking - forms of to be
sensory - she felt, she seems
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Complex sentences
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one independent caluse but 2 or more dependent clauses
- compound complex sentence
- 2 or more dependent clauses and at least one independent clauses
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compound sentences
- 2 of more clauses ALL INDEPENDENT
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finite verbs
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must be in a sentence - congicated - doing something
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four types of sentences
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simple
compund
complex
compound complex
- nonfinite verbs
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not doing something
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Noun Style passages
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dominated by - supresses action - uses prepositional phrases - not clear
- Nouns and 4 types
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nouns - person place thing, idea
1. proper - he she they
2. proper - name cities bands
3. common - flowers, rock, bed
4. abstract - love, shame, independence, equality
- Parataxis
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aberviated - keeps everything on the same level uses independent clauses
EX i came. i saw. i concored
- phyotaxis
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fills in blanks and then some - makes on ranking system using grammer. usescomplex and compound complex sentences and uses dependent clauses
EX. When i came, i saw them and then i counqued.
- Rhetoric
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the art of using speach to presuade people
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rhetorical situation means (7 things)
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1. rhetorical discourse is a response to a situation
2. a rhetorical situation is given rhetorical sigfinificance by a situation
3. rhetorical situation must exist as a nessessary condition to discourse
4. many questions go un answere
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simple sentences
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one subject or finite verb
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Stages of rhetorical criticism
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1. describe what do i see? what is this thing made of? what are its part?
2. Interpret what does it do? how does it work?
3. evaluate how well does it do it? is it good or bad, beautiful or ugly, likeable or objectionabl
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Verb Style Passages
- dominated by dynamic verbs - hilights the action - very clear
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verb tense
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past present and future