Comm 331 midterm review PDF

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Review study guide for the midterm exam in Comm 331. Details about concepts and other notes....

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Comm 331: Message Analysis & Criticism Midterm Exam Study Guide Remember, that you are responsible for ALL information in the readings and from our conversations in class. That being said, the following may be useful to help focus your studying.

– What are the four maxims that have served as a guide for how we understand “good” rhetorical criticism? o Be sure you understand both the maxims themselves AND how those maxims (both separately and collectively) help guide your *own* engagement in rhetorical criticism as well as your judgment of *others’* already produced pieces of rhetorical criticism.  Ex. Utilizing Maxim 1 and Maxim 2 as your guides, (1) engage in criticism of your *own* about a particular rhetorical text; and (2) judge a particular piece of someone *else’s* piece of already produced criticism as good, bad, or mediocre. o Maxim 1: own understanding and experiences o Maxim 2: to – audience who will read piece (McClellan) or scholars in journal. For – on behalf of (who have we been influenced by?) (who has the author been influenced by?) – where is this shown? o Maxim 3: criticism is both served and by theory and method – vocabulary, guidelines, framework to breakdown piece of text. Part II- authors use theory, how did they use it? (method is always rhetorical criticism). o Maxim 4: good rhetorical criticism rarely travels in a straight line (using other maxims and evidence from articles to provide explanation) o Using excerpt as evidence from other articles to determine good/bad/mediocre o Critic is us writing about text o *how would I demonstrate each maxim in my writing* focus on the text in addition to own experiences o Quote should come from “which one maxim primarily influenced your decision?” – Be prepared to “read” (i.e., this can include viewing a text that you “read” or this can mean that you literally read words as text) a rhetorical text (or excerpt from a rhetorical text) and engage in “good” rhetorical criticism (according to our set of maxims) about it. o Ex. Read an article from Time Magazine and discuss how/why it is meaningful/interesting/important in terms of any/all four maxims. – Be prepared to read a piece of already produced rhetorical criticism (or an excerpt from it) and do the following… o (1) judge it – good, bad, or mediocre? o (2) justify/explain your judgment in terms of any/all four maxims o (3) use details from the article (or excerpt) to support your justification and judgment...