I mean I know that are all basic questions but do they have a common name?
2007-01-28 09:25:47 · 8 answers · asked by KeErica P 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Burke's Pentad" composed by Kenneth Burke consists of five key questions we can apply to any dramatic event - or any piece of writing we need to comment on as we attempt to describe it, analyze motives of characters, actions, and so on.
His original questions were:
What was done,
When or where was it done,
Who did it,
How was it done, and
Why was it done.
According to Burke,these were meant to reflect the absolute bare and indespensible minimum of any dramatic event.
2007-01-28 10:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Pioneer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Basic Elements of Storytelling.
2007-01-28 09:29:14 · answer #2 · answered by Croa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 W's
2007-01-28 09:27:59 · answer #3 · answered by Henry_Tee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 5 w's of writing
2007-01-28 09:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by bob b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BEOST( Basic elements of story telling). Probes for journalism.
2007-01-28 09:31:17 · answer #5 · answered by Professor Sheed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're called "probes". The six questions traditionally asked by journalists--who? what? when? where? how? and why?--can be valuable aids to invention in all types of writing.
2007-01-28 09:29:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't have a common name. I would classify them as generic and ambiguous.
2007-01-28 09:28:33 · answer #7 · answered by Phyllobates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These words in English Grammar are called "interrogative pronouns" or "interrogative words".
2007-01-28 09:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋