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Dramatism
Comm Theory - Dramatism
Term | Definition |
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identification | the recognized common ground between speaker and audience, such as physical characteristics, talents, occupation, experiences, personality, beliefs, and attitudes; consubstantiation |
dramatistic pentad | a tool to analyze how a speaker attempts to get an audience to accept his/her view of reality using 5 key elements of the human drama - act, scene, agent, agency, & purpose |
god term | the word a speaker uses to which all other positive words are subservient |
devil term | the word a speaker uses that sums up all that is regarded as bad, wrong, or evil |
guilt | Burke's catchall term for tension, anxiety, embarrassment, shame, disgust, and other noxious feelings intrinsic to the human condition |
mortification | confession of guilt and request for forgiveness |
victimage | scapegoating; the process of naming an external enemy as the source of all personal or public ills |