Chapter 23-dramatism Vocab Flashcards
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Dramatism
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A technique of analysis, of language thought as modes of action, rather than giving information
2
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Dramatistic pentad
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A tool critics used to determine motives of speaker/writer
5 key concepts:
Act, scene, agency, agent and purpose
3
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God term
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Word a speaker uses to which all other positive words are LESS THAN
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Devil term
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Term that sums up all that a speaker sees as bad, wrong, evil
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Ratio
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Importance of 2 norms of the Pentad ; their relationship x/y
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Guilt
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Burke’s catchall term to cover: tension, disgust, shame, embarrassment etc….(language)
