The attached table is designed to help you model some study habits tied to your problems with the first
test. In other words, if you had problems with particular sections on the first test, try doing the things
listed in the appropriate place in the 2nd column. Of course, you can always do the things in the 2nd
column even if you had no trouble.
| Problem section on first exam: |
Prepare particularly this way: |
Part I
Matching |
- Work more with texts before class discussion
- Extract things from text that stand out as
distinctive; participate with these things in
discussion
- Systematically look for characteristics of the
rhetoric of community in the texts of speeches
|
Part II
Identification of Rhetorical Tradition |
- Make charts of community characteristics
- Review different voices from different
communities and concentrate on characteristics
of voice; practice those voices at opportunities
in class
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Part III
Multiple Choice
Part IV
Short Answer
|
- Study class notes more extensively
- Read introductions to speeches assigned from
textbook
- Compare and contrast rhetorical characteristics
of community
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Part V
Generate Rhetoric |
- Practice Speeches in typical settings in the
various communities
- Take advantage of opportunities in class to try
out your voice
- Practice voices with other students from the
class
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Part VII
Extra Credit |
- Anticipate the speeches that might be on the exam and work particularly
on them. Ask yourself what speeches we have studied you have heard about
since high school.
- Memorization of famous passages
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