Sports Stars Speak
Christmas
Rhetorical Devices
History
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Was the first black man to give a Pro Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Address.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
100
He claimed, “There's a light on this tree that won't light on one side. So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. I'll fix it up there, then I'll bring it back here."
Who is the Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
100
This rhetorical device comes from the greek words which mean sharp/dull.
What is oxymoron?
100
He veered from his original speech at the prompting of someone in the audience and the speech became one of his most famous.
Who was Martin Luther King? '"I Have a Dream"
200
Despite devastating news, he ended his "Farewell to Baseball Speech" by saying he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
Who was Lou Gehrig?
200
Prompted a famous Christmas speech by yelling, 'Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is really all about?"
Who is Charlie Brown?
200
The psalm which states 'The trees of the field will clap their hands" contains this device.
What is personification?
200
Person responsible for this famous line: "Women's rights are human rights."
Who is Hillary Rodham Clinton?
300
“I haven't thought yet about where I'll play, but I have thought a -- a lot about where I've been. And I've truly been blessed. I've been blessed to play here. I've been blessed to be in the NFL.”
Who was Peyton Manning?
300
What famous poem ends with “But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!
What is "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
300
This speech contains an analogy involving cashing a check.
What is Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?
300
The dog named in Richard Nixon's 1952 speech to seek the office of Vice President.
Who was Checkers?
400
This book contains the following speech: “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”
What is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
400
This anaphora was pronounced by Hillary Rodham Clinton at a Human Rights Convention.
What is "It is a violation of human rights"
400
He eloquently ended a difficult speech with the lines, "slipped the surly bond of earth to touch the face of God"
Who was Ronald Reagan? after Challenger Disaster
500
Famous line allegedly uttered by a Notre Dame Coach which still today inspires people to work hard.
What is "Win one for the Gipper"?
500
Gave a solemn Christmas Eve address from Washington D.C. in 1941, even though he was far from home. It was heard by everyone around the world.
Who was Winston Churchill?
500
A repeating phrase at the end, instead of the beginning, of each phrase?
What is an epistrophe?
500
Man responsible for the following words: "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
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