| Question | Answer |
| critique of dramatism | closely tied with symbolic interactionism therefore theory is said in a "round about way"; concept of rhetoric as identification is a major advancement in field |
| victimage | scapegoating; the process of naming an external enemy as the source of all personal or public ills |
| mortification | confession of guilt and request for forgiveness |
| perspective by incongruity | calls attention to a truth by linking two incongruous words |
| guilt-redemption cycle | catchall term for tension, anxiety, embarrassment, shame disgust |
| purpose | stated or implied goal of the address |
| agency | the means that the agent used to do the deed |
| agent | person or people who performed the act |
| scene | context for where and when the act was performed |
| act | illustrates what was done |
| dramatistic pentad | act, scene, agent, agency, purpose |
| terministic screen | Burke sees words as terministic screens that dictate interpretations of life's drama |
| devil term | word which a speaker uses that sums up all that is regarded as bad or wrong |
| god term | word a speaker uses to which all other positive words are subservient |
| homophily | perceived similarity between speaker and listener |
| substance | umbrella term to decribe a person's physical characteristics, talents, occupation, experiences, personality, beliefs and attitudes |
| identification | recognized common ground between the speaker and audience (such as physical characteristics, talents, occupation personality, experiences) |
| Kenneth Burke | founder of Dramatism; a critic; believed that language is a strategic human response to a specific situation |
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