This word means a coin-operated machine that plays a variety of songs when buttons are pushed.
What is jukebox?
100
This is the state in which Ray Charles was born.
What is Georgia?
100
This is the type of instrument Ray Charles played.
What is the piano?
100
This is the word that means a phrase whose meaning to a culture is far different than the meaning of the actual words.
What is an idiom?
100
This has nothing to do with persuasive writing, but who is going to win the 4th nine weeks AR party?
What is 6-1??? :)
200
This word means to convince or persuade a person toward an action.
What is influence?
200
This is the state in which Ray Charles spent his childhood.
What is Florida?
200
This is how old Ray Charles was when he became blind.
What is seven years old?
200
This the meaning of the idiom, "heads will roll."
What is people will be in big trouble, etc.
200
When you are writing a persuasive argument, choose the correct approach to take:
1. Choose one side and argue mostly for that side.
2. Equally present both sides, without ever choosing a
"correct" side.
What is 1?
300
This word means to introduce someone to or show someone something they had not seen or done before.
What is exposed?
300
This is the type of store where Ray Charles first spent time with Mr. Pit.
What is a general store?
300
This is the type of music Ray Charles liked to play/sing best. (3 words)
What is rhythm and blues?
300
This is the meaning of the idiom "spill the beans"?
What is to tell information, reveal a secret, etc.
300
How many minutes did your speech need to be?
What is three to five?
400
This word means captivated or extremely interested.
What is enthralled?
400
This is the name of the TOWN where Ray Charles spent his childhood.
What is Greensville?
400
This is what Ray Charles said was like a part of him, like his ribs, liver, kidneys, heart, or blood.
What is music?
400
This is another word for the ACTUAL meaning of a word, such as when you look up the meaning of each individual word of an idiom in the dictionary.
What is the literal meaning?
400
This is how many main points you should have had in your persuasive speech for me.
What is three?
500
This word means an uncommon machine or gadget.
What is contraption?
500
This is the name of Mr. Pit's wife.
What is Miss Georgia?
500
This is how old Ray Charles was when he started playing the piano with Mr. Pit.
What is three years old?
500
This is the name for an idiom that has been used so much that the phrase is boring and corny.
What is a cliche?
500
This is the word for the part of an argument in which you address your audience's possible arguments and give reasons for why they are wrong, but you are right.