This file of CRT 205 Week 4 Persuasion via Rhetoric Quiz II consists of:

1. Which of the following descriptions best captures the difference between a euphemism and a dysphemism?2. This rhetorical device is a thought or image about a group of people based upon little or no evidence.3. This rhetorical device allows someone to insinuate something deprecatory about someone or something without actually saying it.4. This rhetorical device is phrased as a question that rests upon one or more unwarranted or unjustified assumptions.5. This rhetorical device works by protecting a claim from criticism by watering it down so to give the speaker a way out in the case that the claim is challenged.6. This rhetorical device works by attempting to make someone or something less significant or important.7. This rhetorical device is best described as an extravagant overstatement.8. This rhetorical device works by suggesting that there is evidence or authority for a claim without actually citing this evidence.9. Your teacher might have called this paper on capitalism “independent thinking”.10. I don’t know what my opponents will base their speeches on; I’m basing mine on love for my country.11. Economists say this layoff is Cleveland’s final readjustment to a service economy.12. At the end of the day, the reasons for our view tend to preponderate over the reasons for the contrary view.13. Of course she told you it’ll run smoothly. Car salespeople will tell you whatever they think you want to hear.14. For all practical purposes, there has basically been only one worthwhile idea in the history of philosophy.15. Are you here to beg for another favor?16. Open this envelope and you’ll get a check for three million dollars, if your name appears on our list of winners.17. Letter to the editor: “We can thank ivory tower professors like Mr. Fosl for all the head-in-the-clouds ideas our society has to contend with.”18. Is this going to be another bright suggestion like your proposal that we take scuba lessons?19. Who was that young woman with the Senator last night: his niece?20. You can’t sleep with the covers over your head. All the medical journals will tell you that’s harmful.21. Taxation is the oppressive practice of taking other people’s hard-earned money.22. We will fund this new program through revenue enhancements from the sale of beer and cigarettes.23. Overheard: “You know why the subway is so dirty, don’t you? They’re getting people on welfare to clean the cars.”

For most of us, computer-mediated-communication (CMC) is a big part of our daily lives. For the purpose of this assignment, we will include your cell phone as a type of “computer.” In this assignment, you will reflect on your CMC.

First, read Chapter 4 in Bevan and Sole. Next, monitor your cell phone and/or computer-use during the course of a single day. Please download and save the CMC chart and make a note each time you check an email, text, play a game, or even check the time. Keep track of all of your personal and work-based communication activities through the course of a day and write everything you did on the provided chart. Keep track of the type of communication, length of time of your engagement, and the roles of both verbal and nonverbal communication in the interactions.

As you take notes on your chart, ask yourself:

• Was there any implied meaning in the text of your writing? Did you ever use emoticons or use all caps?
• In your written messages, how do you try to convey tone without nonverbal cues?
• In your spoken messages, how do you think you could have been clearer if those messages had been written?
• What connections can you make between your activities and the various functions of language and non-verbal communication discussed in Bevan and Sole (Sections 4.1 and 4.2)? Please list and describe at least one function of language and one function of nonverbal communication and show how those functions are demonstrated in your day of interactions.

Sample Notes

Work email – used emoticons and exclamation points to lighten the tone; careful with formal language and typos as this can be read that as careless or incompetent; saw responses to me with exclamation points and emoticons (nonverbal); like in table 4.7 in our text, I noticed I tried to clarify I understood others by saying things like “Are you saying that …?” If I were with them, I’d read body language instead.

When you write your paper, focus on specific interactions like the example used above or comment on general-use patterns. Then, based on what you have learned in Bevan and Sole, answer the following questions:

• How much time in a single day do you communicate with your phone, computer, or both? Why does this matter?
• Why should we pay special attention to our CMC?
• What function of nonverbal communication did your interactions illustrate? How important was nonverbal communication in all of your computer-mediated interactions? Or, how did the lack of nonverbal communication allow you to think about a function of nonverbal communication?
• What function of language did your interactions illustrate? How important was verbal communication?
• What advice from Bevan and Sole could be used to improve your computer-mediated-communication?

Do not worry if you end up missing a few of your interactions. However, the more details you collect, the better your evidence will be to support your points. If it turns out you do not do much computer-mediated-communication, focus on the costs or benefits of primarily relying on verbal (and/or spoken) communication.

Copy and paste your complete CMC chart to the end of your paper.

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONYou pass information to someone and they shift from their sit. You tell another something elseand he/she glares at you, another raises his/her voice while yet another…