RI Vocabulary
Wilson Vs. Wiesel
Political Cartoons
Wilson Speech
Literature
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The Main Argument
What is a claim
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Select one way in which the Wilson’s speech disagrees with Wiesel’s speech on a matter of fact or interpretation. A. Wilson believes that taking sides will cause division within our citizens which will destroy our country’s peace. B. Wilson believes that the American people should not read newspapers and magazine about the war. C. Wilson believes that the war is justified which is why the United States should stay out of it. D. Wilson believes that any American who does not stay neutral should be imprisoned.
A. Wilson believes that taking sides will cause division within our citizens which will destroy our country’s peace.
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What limitations are realized when using a political cartoon to present the topic? A. Readers may not like cartoons. B. Readers can appreciate the humor in a serious situation. C.Readers are presented with a visual to associate with the topic which will aid them in understanding the message. D. Readers may not understand the subtlety of the message. The argument is not as clear as it would be presented in a written text.
D. Readers may not understand the subtlety of the message. The argument is not as clear as it would be presented in a written text.
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What is Wilson’s stance on America’s involvement in foreign matters? A. The United States will do anything we can to support our allies. B. The United States’ number one concern is to protect innocent people from injustice. C. The United States is forbidden from speaking about foreign matters D. The United States should not involve themselves with the issues occurring abroad.
D. The United States should not involve themselves with the issues occurring abroad.
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When your are asked a question about elements of literature what does the word "elements" refer to?
The pieces that make up the story. This can include characters, certain sentences, or things that happen in the story.
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examples, facts, statistics, research, experience
What are types of evidence
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Select a sentence from Wiesel's speech that highlights their disagreement. A. Do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished? Do I have the right to accept this honor on their behalf? I do not. B. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim...Sometimes we must interfere ...When human lives are endangered... C. Can this be true? This is the 20th century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow such crimes to be committed? D. There is so much to be done. There is so much that can be done...One person of integrity can make a difference...
B. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim...Sometimes we must interfere ...When human lives are endangered...
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What does the alligator represent in the cartoon?
What is War: countries trying to pull the United states into their conflict.
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Which line portrays the opposing viewpoint on this issue in Wiesel’s speech? A. No one may speak for the dead. B.There are victims of hunger and racism in Chile and Ethiopia. C. When human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. D. I remember it happened yesterday, or eternities ago.
C. When human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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How is the allegory "Terrible Things" altered to become the poem "First they Came for the Communists"?
The allegory is turned into a poem that talks about the actual persecution of people during WW2 instead of animals being taken in the allegory.
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ideas that are targeted toward needs or values that readers are likely to care about.
What is an emotional appeal
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What does Wiesel use in his speech more effectively than Wilson does in his?
What is Emotional Appeals
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How do the bystanders in the cartoon connect to Wiesel's speech?
They are the people that he wants to inspire to stand up for one another rather than remaining neutral.
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What is the first reason Wilson cites as to why the nation should remain neutral?
The effect of the war upon the United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do.
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How does "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" explicitly draw on the allegory "Terrible Things"
The theme of be grateful for what you have is the same in both stories.
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is an illegitimate use of the "or" operator. Putting issues or opinions into "black or white" terms is a common instance of this fallacy. The range is false because there may be other, unstated choices which would only serve to undermine the original argument.
What is a false dilemma
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Why would it benefit readers to see a video of Wilson giving this speech to the public?
We would be able to see more emotion and see more of the tone he was attempting to create.
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Does this political cartoon support or refute Elie Wiesel’s claims? Explain.
It supports it because it is criticizing someone standing for their own goals while they watch others get beat down for their own.
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What is the second reason Wilson cites as to why the nation should remain neutral?
The people of the United States are drawn from many nations, and chiefly from the nations now at war.
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At what point in the allegory "Terrible Things" does Little Rabbit's perspective shift?
At the end when he realizes that the animals should have stood up for one another so that they could stay in their home.
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Information included in an argument that shuts down the point made by the opposing side.
What is a rebuttal
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Which author provided the stronger argument and why?
Wiesel because he used many more examples along with emotional appeals and what he had to say and the way he said it was more inspiring to readers.
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Which sentence from Wiesel's speech is best represented by the Cartoon? A. How could the world remain silent? B. As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame. C. I swore never to be silent whenever wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. D. Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
D. Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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What is the strongest piece of evidence Wilson uses to support his argument and why?
The evidence in Paragraph 1, "The spirit of the nation in this critical matter will be determined largely by what individuals and society and those gathered in public meetings do and say, upon what newspapers and magazines contain, upon what ministers utter in their pulpits, and men proclaim as their opinions upon the street." Because it provides examples and experiences to help people understand his point.
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Which sentence emphasizes the tone of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" A. "Bruno's eyes opened wide. "Hundreds?" he said, amazed. "That's not fair at all. There's no one to play with on this side of the fence. Not a single person." B. "There weren't any doors," insisted Shmuel, "If there had been, we would have gotten off" C. "And Mama was taken away from us, and Papa and Josef and I were put into the huts over there and that's were we've been since" D. You're on the wrong side of the fence though", said Shmuel
D. You're on the wrong side of the fence though", said Shmuel
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