Terms Presented I
Terms Presented II
Terms presented III
Great Men and Their Thoughts
Miscellaneous
100
A type of speech that presents objective information, passes on objective facts and knowledge. Might be boring and uninspiring
What is an informative speech?
100
The language use and mindset of a group of people who share certain ideas
What is a discourse?
100
To judge people or a person because of things like gender, social class, religion or race. It refers to an unreasonable attitude or feeling that is not based on actual experience
What is prejudice?
100
The American President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who was Kennedy?
100
The famous line by Martin Luther King
What is "I have a dream"
200
Logos
What is the logic the speaker uses to support his/her argument?
200
The repeated use of a word or phrase for emphasis
What is repetition?
200
A type of speech that is subjective, personal, and meant to entertain
What is an occasional speech?
200
An American clergyman, activist and leader in the African-American civil rights movement who became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through non-violent means
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
The rhetorical device used in this sentence "If you are between the ages of 13-19, you are a teenager. You are 15. You are a teenager."
What is logos?
300
The term involves the belief in racial differences, which is used to justify non-equal treatment of members of that race
What is racism?
300
A question to which the answer is implied or obvious
What is a rhetorical question?
300
The unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority, etc. An action based on prejudice
What is discrimination?
300
He was assassinated in November 1963 and he uttered the famous sentence: "Ich bin ein Berliner"
Who was John F. Kennedy?
300
A figure of speech, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context
What is an allusion?
400
A type of speech that is subjective and manipulative because the aim is to persuade the audience to agree with you on a specific topic
What is a persuasive speech (a political speech)?
400
Pathos
What is an appeal to the audience's emotions?
400
The personal rights of the individual citizen due to his citizenship, especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by law
What are civil rights?
400
This man led the United States through its Civil War — its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the national government and modernized the economy
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
The man who came up with the three persuasive modes of appeal, namely logos, pathos, and ethos
Who was Aristotle?
500
Ethos
What is the credibility of the speaker?
500
The idea that the social construction of reality is an ongoing, dynamic process that is (and must be) reproduced by people acting on their understanding of it
What is social constructionism?
500
The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial institutions, especially as a form of discrimination
What is segregation?
500
An American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809)
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
500
This famous line can be found in the famous statement (erklæring) of 1776 "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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