CMST 490 Summer Capstone 2013

1. CMST 490 Summer Capstone 2013 Rhetorical Theory West Wing Presidents Tulis Medhurst, etc. Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

2. A1 $100 Rhetorical Theory • These 3 items comprise Aristotle’s • Three modes of speaking.

3. A2 $200 Rhetorical Theory • These 3 items comprise Aristotle’s • Three modes of persuasion.

4. A3 $300 Rhetorical Theory THIS has been defined as “a defect, an obstacle, something waiting to be done, a thing which is other than it should be….” Additionally, to be truly rhetorical in nature, this must be capable of being modified by discourse.

5. A3 $400 Rhetorical Theory This has been likened to “a window of rhetorical opportunity.” Once the window closes, rhetorical success is nearly impossible.

6. A5 $500 Rhetorical Theory Scholars who focus on THIS are most concerned with what the President says, his actual utterances found in written text. However, people who focus on THIS seek to understand all the variables, the background, details and influences that may have had an impact on what the President said.

7. A1 $100 West Wing The series, The West Wing, emphasizes and showcases THIS particular feature/function of Presidential leadership. All of the main characters have a significant role in this function.

8. A2 $200 West Wing Before construction began on the real West Wing, Presidential staff worked on the second floor of THIS building.

9. A3 $300 West Wing This president commissioned the design and construction of the West Wing by New York architects in 1902.

10. A4 $400 West Wing The Resolute Desk is in THIS room.

11. A5 $500 West Wing In the series, The West Wing, one set of episodes (“Separation of Powers” and “Shutdown”) features a conflict between the Executive Branch and THESE TWO entities.

12. A1 $100 Presidents This President’s War on Poverty was one example of a failed rhetorical effort.

13. A2 $200 Presidents THIS is the only 19th century President who is said to have violated the founder’s design for public communication.

14. A3 $300 Presidents THIS President is a big, fat law-breaking liar.

15. A4 $400 Presidents . THIS President won 4 terms in office. But THIS President won one term and lost a second one before he won it back.

16. A5 $500 Presidents In the July 9, 2013 article in the Wall Street Journal, the writer claimed THIS President was a “rhetorical president” who “seems to think eloquent words are a replacement for deeds.”

17. A1 $100 Tulis Tulis says that, “the doctrine that a president ought to be a [THIS kind of] leader has become an unquestioned premise of our political culture.”

18. A2 $200 Tulis “Prior to this century,” claimed Tulis, “presidents preferred written communication between the branches of government to oral addresses to [THIS].”

19. A3 $300 Tulis Tulis claims that most students of the presidency view the political system from the perspective of the presidency. THIS is the two-word term he used to denote this concept.

20. A4 $400 Tulis Tulis claims the Constitution Allows for THIS kind of Presidential rhetoric.

21. A5 $500 Tulis Tulis claims that the Rhetorical Presidency does not allow Congress to do THIS well.

22. A1 $100 Medhurst, et. al. Medhurst describes “two Constructs”: THIS one is rooted In the discipline of Political Science, And THIS one is “most at home in Speech Communication.”

23. A2 $200 Medhurst, et. al. THIS is one of the THREE “deleterious Effects” that are alleged to follow the advent of the Rhetorical Presidency.

24. A3 $300 Medhurst, et. al. If Tulis is most concerned with the influence Of the Rhetorical Presidency on THIS, Medhurst and friends are most concerned with the influence on THIS.

25. A4 $400 Medhurst, et. al. In one of the case studies available in BTRP, Rhetorical critic Edwin Black says rhetorical strategies INVENTED this President.

26. A5 $500 Medhurst, et. al. In her article, KarlynKohrs Campbell attempts to study why THIS PERSON plays a vital role in the Executive Branch.

27. Final Jeopardy G.E. claims that, “Underlying most of the work on political rhetoric,…is the premise that [THIS] matters.”