Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
Engaging Methods of Speech
Identifying Cause and Effect in a Text
Identifying False Premise in a Text
100
Hayden (want/wants) his cookie
What is wants
100
Jimbob is yelling at the audience while giving a speech. What is he doing wrong?
What is yelling at the audience
100
Identify the Cause in the text. Hayden a rotten banana. He then threw up.
What is Hayden ate a rotten banana
100
Identify the false premise in the text. Hayden wants to get married one day just like everyone else on the entire Earth.
What is not everyone on the entire Earth wants to get married
200
Jacob and Trey bought (his/their) cap at the supermarket.
What is their
200
What should Pooh do when presenting to his class? A. Look at the audience while speaking B. Stare down at his notecards the entire time
What is A
200
Identify the Effect in the text. Jacobo Hot Cocoa rode a roller coaster. He then swam in the lake and got eaten by a hungry bull shark.
What is he got eaten by a bull shark
200
What is a false premise in this? Jacob is an incompetent baboon. No one likes him. He always is stupid.
What is not everyone dislikes Jacobo Hot Cocoa, and he might be a cool guy to some people
300
Jacob or his dog (loves/love) to play fetch.
What is loves
300
Jambalaya is giving a speech to his food friends. What should he do to keep their attention? A. Look down and stir his shrimp around while speaking B. Give all attention to his audience so they will do the same
What is B
300
Identify the main cause in the text. Trey was looking for a girl. He searched and finally found one. They loved each other for 2 days, then she gave him a poisonous apple and he passed away.
What is she gave him a poisonous apple
300
Identify the false premise in this text. Football and baseball are the greatest sports ever created. There is no argument and anyone who thinks otherwise is ignorant.
What is some people may think that something dumb like lacrosse is the best sport
400
Somebody wants to look for (his/we) shell on the dock.
What is his
400
What is the best way to engage the audience? A. Speak loudly so that every one can hear B. Speak quietly because you have to do the speech 4 more times and you don't want to lose your voice
What is A
400
Identify the main effect in the text. Jacob was going to the fair. He saw Hayden there, and they high-fived and rode thirty-seven rides together. As a result of the rides, they ran out of money and starved to death.
What is they rode too many rides and didn't have money, so they starved to death.
400
Identify the false premise in this text. The roads are wet, it must have rained earlier.
What is it may have not rained, someone could have put a hose on the road
500
Someone left (their/his or her) watch on the boat outside by the pier.
What is his or her
500
True or False: A speaker should try to make his audience laugh every once in a while to keep its attention.
What is True
500
Identify the cause in this text. Rallo had a beautiful tricycle. He ran over his neighbor, which made the bicycle break. He then went to Walmart to buy a new one.
What is Rallo ran over his neighbor with the tricycle
500
What is the false premise in this text? Heydan is so stupid. Everyone hates him, and he has no friends.
What is this entire thing is incorrect. Heydan is loved by everyone.
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