English 11a - unit 5: everybody talks Questions and Answers
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English 11a - unit 5: everybody talks Questions and Answers
lesson 21
rhetorical devices
read this sentence.
a restive horse is _[blank]_.
which word most accurately completes the sentence?
high-spirited
read this sentence from a news report.
us military forces today oblit...
English 11a - unit 5: everybody talks
Questions and Answers
how does Frederick Douglass's repetition of you and your affect the audience's
understanding of the passage? - answer the repetition emphasizes the fundamental
difference between Douglass and his listeners by letting them know he does not share
the same viewpoints about the importance of the fourth of July as they do.
how does the author's use of a rhetorical device in this passage contribute to the power
of the text? - answer the author uses a metaphor to compare nations and streams,
emphasizing the sometimes-violent changes that occur while continuing forward.
in "we shall overcome," president Johnson speaks of his first job as a teacher in a small
school on the border of Mexico and America. Johnson says, "... students were poor
and ... often came to class without breakfast, hungry. and they knew, even in their
youth, the pain of prejudice."
what is the most likely reason that Johnson includes the anecdote in this speech? -
answer the anecdote establishes his credibility because he has direct experience with
those affected by inequality.
in "what to the slave is the fourth of july?" part 1, frederick douglass repeatedly
addresses his audience as "fellow-citizens."
which option best states how this repetition supports douglass's purpose? - answer
the repetition emphasizes douglass's purpose: to express the idea that every american
has the right to be called a citizen, regardless of skin color.
lesson 21 - answer rhetorical devices
lesson 22 - answer sound-based rhetorical devices
lesson 23 - answer more about rhetoric
lesson 24 - answer rhetoric and structure
president obama uses assonance to emphasize his points in his second inaugural
address.
which passage from the speech uses assonance most effectively to emphasize the
point that an enduring component of the american value system is equal opportunity? -
answer we are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows
, that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an
american; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.
read the passage from "we shall overcome" by lyndon b. johnson.
i am grateful for this opportunity to come here tonight at the invitation of the leadership
to reason with my friends, to give them my views, and to visit with my former
colleagues.
president johnson likely mentions that he is speaking "at the invitation of the leadership"
to use which rhetorical appeal? - answer ethos
read the passage from "what to the slave is the fourth of july?" part 2.
i hear the doleful wail of fettered humanity, on the way to slave-markets where the
victims are to be sold like horses, sheep, and swine knocked off to the highest bidder.
what types of figurative language are used in this passage? select all that apply. -
answer simile
personification
read the passage from president obama's second inaugural address.
together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to
speed travel and commerce, schools and colleges to train our workers.
together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure
competition and fair play.
together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its
people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.
what best describes the intended effect of this passage? - answer the repetition of the
"together, we..." statements makes the audience feel as if they have played a significant
role in creating a great nation.
read the passage.
mark's convertable had a nearly imperceptable dent in the back bumper after a fender-
bender in the grocery-store parking lot. though the damage was slight, mark will have to
pay his $500 deductible before insurance will pay any of the costs. he said the
maliceous driver who hit his car was at fault.
which answers correct spelling errors in the passage? select all that apply. - answer
malicious
convertible
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