ELA 10 Recognizing Rhetorical Techniques in a Speech
The term pathos is best defined as:
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- an appeal to emotions.
- the use of changes in tone.
- an appeal to character.
- the use of exaggeration. - ✔✔A) an appeal to emotions.
Which statement best summarizes the central idea in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from President John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address.Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.This much we pledge—and more.To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do—for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.-
- All other countries need to know that we will fight them at any cost to maintain our liberty.
- We value our allies, but we will go our own way if they do not agree to work with us.
- The only way to achieve success is to fight for the things you believe in, such as freedom.
- We will do whatever it takes to preserve our freedom, but will get more done working
together. - ✔✔D) We will do whatever it takes to preserve our freedom, but will get more done working together.
What does Sotomayor accomplish by using the words "morcilla—pig's intestine"?
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Read the excerpt from "A Latina Judge's Voice" by Hon. Sonia Sotomayor.If I had pursued my career in my undergraduate history major, I would likely provide you with a very academic description of what being a Latino or Latina means. For example, I could define Latinos as those peoples and cultures populated or colonized by Spain who maintained or adopted Spanish or Spanish Creole as their language of communication. You can tell that I have been very well educated. That antiseptic description, however, does not really explain the appeal of morcilla—pig's intestine—to an American-born child. It does not provide an adequate explanation of why individuals like us, many of whom are born in this completely different American culture, still identify so strongly with those communities in which our parents were born and raised.-
- Sotomayor brings the audience's attention to the uniqueness of her culture.
- Sotomayor creates a mood of sadness to emphasize the loss of her culture.
- Sotomayor establishes herself as being educated in culinary arts.
- Sotomayor forces the audience to consider the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. - ✔✔A)
Sotomayor brings the audience's attention to the uniqueness of her culture.
The rhetorical technique used in this excerpt is:
Read the excerpt from Prime Minister Winston Churchill's "Their Finest Hour" speech, delivered to the United Kingdom's House of Commons in 1940.During the first four years of the last war the Allies experienced nothing but disaster and disappointment. That was our constant fear: one blow after another, terrible losses, frightful dangers. Everything miscarried. And yet at the end of those four years the morale of the Allies was higher than that of the Germans, who had moved from one aggressive triumph to another, and who stood everywhere triumphant invaders of the lands into which they had broken.-
- shift.
- understatement.
- logos.
- parallelism. - ✔✔A) shift.
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