How Well Do You Understand Burke's Pentad?

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  1. Consider this statement: "My teacher has a problem with girls because he thinks they are not as smart as boys, that's why he calls on girls less in class." What would the phrase "he calls on girls less in class" be considered?
  2. What is the the entity who performs an act called, according to Burke?
  3. When painters paint, they use paint, brushes, and ladders to help them get the job done. What is another word for these tools?
  4. I want to explain to you my decision for leaving my boyfriend. I begin by recounting the first three happy years of the relationship, then move into the last two bad ones. What part of the pentad would best describe this?
  5. What is the main purpose of Pentadic Analysis?
  6. What do you look for when you analyze pentadic ratios?
  7. What is Burke's first name?
  8. What else can we look at once we've found the dominate term?
  9. If you ran through the mall exclaiming to everyone you met that you could fly like a bird, how could I understand the meaning of your actions?
  10. On a scale of 1-10, how much have you learned from this website? Better still, how much fun have you had through this website?

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