English IV Unit 9: Quiz One

On August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous

"I Have a Dream" speech.

The man who delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech in 1898 was

William Jennings Bryan.

A distinguishing difference between a fact and an opinion is

a fact is objective and means the same to more than one person, while an opinion about a subject can differ among different people.

Listening is a(n) _______ enterprise.

active

A speaker's tone or voice may be

all of these

When you analyze a speech and identify its various positions, you also need to be able to spot ______ supporting them.

evidence

If you were employed as a logographer and decided to utilize repetition in a speech, you would show that one element was as important as another element.

false

If you see a speaker constantly extend his hands towards the audience, you would say he is trying to maximize his employment of ______.

gestures

If your astronomy teacher frequently waves her arms about to simulate the circulation of planets, then you might say that she is employing _____ to enhance her speeches.

gestures

President Kennedy's line "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" is an example of

good diction.

Ted Sorensen collaborated with President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. on many of his speeches; Sorensen was a(n) _________.

logographer

If a speech has sufficient relevant, valid content from reliable sources, you would say that is

more persuasive.

When you are lucky enough to listen to a speaker whose words and delivery cause the hair on the back of your neck to stand up, you have been privileged to hear a(n) _______.

orator

Speeches that are overly laden with opinions versus facts are labeled as

propaganda

When members of the German Club spread rumors at your school that the behavior of the French club members is responsible for the cancellation of a popular assembly, the French Club members are victims of _______.

scapegoating

Usually, you have but one chance to catch a speech's words unless you

tape record it, videotape it, or obtain a transcript.

It is good to incorporate emotionally charged words in speeches to augment their persuasiveness.

true