Description
Prompt: Terministic Screams
Overarching theme: What is an example of a rhetorical artifact that had a dramatic effect on
society? (…or has made us want to scream)
- Pick a controversial rhetorical artifact. Controversial means the artifact produced multiple
interpretations, making the audience or society feel conflicted (or impassioned).
A. The rhetorical artifact can be a speech, ad, social media post, letter, article, hashtag, movie, or
anything that is rhetoric.
B. Yes, you can reuse an artifact from a previous wiki page! - Describe the what, who, when, and why of the rhetorical artifact. Please provide a link to the
artifact or one that explains the artifact in detail. - Describe one main interpretation of this rhetorical artifact. For example, if assessing a political
artifact you might explain a conservative view and a liberal view of the artifact.
A. For each main interpretation, describe which part of the pentad you argue is guiding the
interpretation:
I. Purpose
II. Act
III, Agent
IV. Agency
V. Scene
Note: Your use of pentadic terms is an