I Have A Dream
What was the purpose of the "I Have A Dream"
To promote equal rights and stop racial profiling and segregation.
The tone of Kennedy's Inaugural Address speech could best be described as?
A. Angry
B. Serious
C. Nostalgic
Serious
The Best summary statement for President Roosevelt's speech?
A. American ships have been torpedoed
B. Diplomatic negotiations contained no threat of war
C. A state of war exists between America and Japan
C. A state of war exists between America and Japan
What type of writing uses Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
A. rhetorical text
B. literary text
A. rhetorical text
What is an example of an oxymoron?
A. bittersweet
B. I had a dream
C. Buzz, sizzle
A. Bittersweet
What does MLK Jr. emphasize in his speech, "I have a dream"?
A. That all men and women, and all races and religions deserve to have equal rights as stated by our fore fathers
B. That some people are better than others
C. the only African Americans need their rights
A. That all men and women, and all races and religions deserve to have equal rights as stated by our fore fathers
What is the best definition for the word Ill?
A. Harm
B. Success
C. Discomfort
Harm
Based on the text of Roosevelt's speech, who was his primary audience?
A. The United Nations
B. the naval and military forces
C. the American People
C. The American people
A. To speak about signing the Emancipation Proclamation and freeing all saves.
B. To memorialize the battle at Gettysburg and to honor the brave soldiers on the North and South who died for what they believed in.
B. To memorialize the battle at Gettysburg and to honor the brave soldiers on the North and South who died for what they believed in.
What is an anecdote?
A. a false statement
B. an exaggeration
C. a short, amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person, often used to illustrate a point.
C. a short, amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person, often used to illustrate a point.
What was the purpose of the "I Have a Dream" speech?
A. To promote the rights of all equally and to stop racial profiling and segregation
B. to help raise MLK Jr's popularity
C. To insight a riot.
A. To promote the rights of all equally and to stop racial profiling and segregation
Which of the following behaviors would indicate that a listener was NOT paying attention to the reading of Kennedy's inaugural speech?
A. asking a question to clarify a point
B. taking notes during the speech
C. talking to someone sitting next to him/her
President Roosevelt's speech is direct and straight forward with very little figurative language. What is the BEST reason for this?
A. the seriousness of his message
B. the size of the audience to who he is speaking
C. his reluctance to further anger Japan
A. The seriousness of his message.
Roosevelt's tone in this speech is Confident.
Lincoln said our country was conceived in liberty. What did he mean?
Founded for justice
B.
Founded for freedom
C.
Founded for equality
D.
Founded for fairness
Founded for freedom
What is foreshadowing?
A. hinting at what will happen later in the story
B. descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader's mind
c. the combination of words that sound harsh and discordant.
A. hinting at what will happen later in the story
When Dr. King said, "Five score years ago" he was referencing which famous speech?
A. Lincoln's The Gettysburg Address
B. Kennedy's Ask Not What Your Country can do for You
C. Washington's Inaugural Speech
D. Obama's State of the Union Address
Lincoln's The Gettysburg Address
Based on the text of Kennedy's speech, who was his primary audience?
A. the United Nations
B. senior citizens
C. the American people
C. the American people
The main purpose of President Roosevelt's speech is to?
A. Entertain
B. Inform
C. reminisce
B. Inform
Lincoln states that: "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain", what does he mean?
We should fight for freedom in their honor
B.
They deserved to die
C.
It was God's will that they died
We should fight for freedom in their honor
Which answer is an example of hyperbole?
A. she is like a butterfly, all over the place.
B. I told you a million times.
C. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
B. I told you a million times.
What is the theme of Dr. King's dream?
Everyone can have a job.
B.
All children will be treated with fairness and kindness.
C.
Everyone will be judged by the kind of person they are not the way they look.
Everyone will be judged by the kind of person they are not the way they look.
What is a rhetorical question?
A. A question that makes an exaggeration
B. A question that the audience must answer before the speaker can continue.
C. A question asked for the effect and not expected to be answered.
C. A question asked for the effect and not expected to be answered.
In the middle of the speech, the President repeats the phrase, Last nigh Japanese forces attacked...
What was his purpose in doing that?
A. to repeat himself
B. to emphasize his point
C. to be argumentative
B. to emphasize his point
What was so special about "Four Score and Seven Years Ago" mentioned in this speech?
The first colonists settled America
B.
America was discovered by Christopher Columbus
C.
America gained its 50th state
D.
The Declaration of Independence was written and America gained its freedom from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence was written and America gained its freedom from Great Britain
Which of the following is an example of personification?
A. the wind is blowing like a hurricane
B. I am hungry as a horse
C. The puppy is talking to me
C. The puppy is talking to me