Kenneth Burke gave us a wealth of concepts to determine the motive of a speaker and this paper provides an opportunity for you to apply the concepts of your choosing to read a scene for motive.
Part 1 – How does Burke define rhetoric? How is this definition centered on understanding motive?
View: Ted Cruz questions Ketanji Brown Jackson
Part 2 – Using the list below for inspiration and support, explain the motive of Ted Cruz during his questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson. Note, if you are unfamiliar with the process to confirm a new Supreme Court justice it will be useful to do a littleresearch on this process to understand the point of the questioning that you viewed in the video. Make sure that you define the concepts and provide citations of appropriate class materials.
• Dramaturgy: The Pentadic Elements
• Identification/Disidentification
• Ontology of [hu]man: 5 factors
• The Guilt Redemption Cycle
• Terministic Screens and Vocabularies