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6. How does delivery affect applause according to Atkinson?
- Delivery increases the chance of a rhetorical device receiving applause
- Delivery indicates whether or not a rhetorical device is to be taken as an applause invitation
7. What is a critique of Atkinsons (1984) analysis of rhetoric?
- Does not use comprehensive sampling- may not be representative of political speech making as a whole
- Does not use statistical tests to support claims and so lacks empirical support
- Does not use the correct populations and so may not be culturally relevent
- Based on selected extracts and has low internal validity
8. Was uninvited applause described by Atkinson?
9. In Bulls & Wells (2002), what % of applause was uninvited due to direct response to speech content or misreading of rhetorical devices?
10. In Bull et al (1996s) analysis of face threats in political interviews, what were the three superordinate categories?
- Face of the party they represent, face of significant others, conflictual face
- Conflictual face, personal face, impersonal face
- Personal face, face of the party they represent, face of significant others
- Non-conflictual face, personal face, impersonal face
11. In a study of audience participation by Bull (2003), what were there correlations between?
- CC questions and ambiguity
- CC questions and equivocation
- Direct responses and ambiguous questions
- Equivocation and direct responses
12. When may politicians equivocate?
- If posed a high proportion of communicative conflict situations
- Only as a personality factor
- Specific contexts (gender and cultural) will increase the likelihood of equivocation
13. How much of collective applause was associated with 7 rhetorical devices?
14. Which two devices made up the majority of collective applause in Heritage & Greatbatch (1986)?
- Lists and negative naming
- Contrasts and lists
- Contrasts and negative naming
- Lists and headline-punchlines
15. In a study of audience participation by Bull (2003), what did interviewers do significantly more?
- CC questions
- Answered voter questions
- Gave ambiguous responses
- Equivocated
16. In Bull et al (1996s) analysis of face threats in political interviews, what was the modal response to non-conflictual questions?
- Replies
- Equivocation
- Direct response
- Ambiguous response
17. In Bull et al (1996s) analysis of face threats in political interviews, to CC questions what was the modal response?
- Equivocation
- Replies
- Direct response
- Ambiguous response
18. Which of these characterises interrogative syntax?
- Yes/no/polar, alternative/disjunctive, indirect
- Yes/no/polar, alternative/disjunctive, wh-/interrogative word
- Declarative, moodless, indirect
- Moodless, indirect, Yes/no/polar