Chapter 3

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

the circumstance in which an event occurs that influences the meaning of the moment and the message

Question 2

Crescendo

Answer 2

an organizational pattern in which the strongest point is placed at the end and is built up to by smaller main points

Question 3

Demographic

Answer 3

Groups determined by sect population characteristics

Question 4

Exigence

Answer 4

a decisive point at which a response is invited or required

Question 5

Fixed-response questions

Answer 5

items on a survey that allow only for prescribed answers

Question 6

open-ended questions

Answer 6

items on a survey that allow room for the person taking the survey to answer in his/her own words

Question 7

rhetorical situation

Answer 7

context of a rhetorical act, made up (at a minimum) of a rhetor (a speaker or writer), an issue (or exigence), a medium (such as a speech or a written text), and an audience

Question 8

Stereotyping

Answer 8

Assuming qualities in a specific individual because of a membership in a larger group