Appealforms
Language Techniques
Speeches - who said it?
USA History
Pursuit of Happyness
100
When the speaker mostly uses emotions as a means of appealing to the audience.
What is Pathos
100
Alliteration
What is 'bokstavrim' - "She sells sea-shells by the sea shore"
100
"It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect"
Who is Barack Obama (The American Promise, 2008)
100
The preamble (beginning) to the the Constitution of the United States begins with the words
(what is) We, the people...
100
The reason Chris decides to take the internship, even though there is no salary.
What is becuase he is pursuing the American dream.
200
When the speaker mostly uses statistics and factual evidence as means of appealing to the audience.
What is Logos
200
Oxymoron
What are two words with opposite meanings (open secret, deathly life)
200
If you believe your family knows how to spend your money better than the government does - then you are a Republican!
Who is the Govinator - Arnold Schwarzenegger
200
How many stars and how many stribes are on the American flag?
What is 50 stars (the number of states) and 13 stribes (the number of British colonies).
200
what paying taxes is about 'Paying taxes'
what is the fact that Chris is broke due to the government collecting the money he ows in taxes.
300
When a speaker mostly uses credibility and trustworthiness as means of appealing to the audience.
What is Ethos
300
Parallelism
What is when two or more sentences have the same pattern or structure - "If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in", "Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards" (Steve Jobs). "I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas" (Obama).
300
Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
Who is Steve Jobs (2005)
300
The USA entered WW11 due to this event
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan (1941).
300
why the 'pursuit' in the phrase "The pursuit of happiness" is important to Chris.
What is becuase happiness is something you have to fight hard for - it does not come easily, you have to earn it.