Remarks at the Highway Beautification Act

​ Remarks at the Signing of

the Highway Beautification Act

Poll

How did the rigor of "Society and Solitude" compare with the rigor of this text?

• "Society and Solitude" was much harder to understand.

• Words are words, I know them all!

• These "Remarks" were not all that easy either.

• This text was much easier to understand!

Multiple Choice

Johnson states his admiration of President Roosevelt. Determine which words and phrases in paragraph 19 have positive connotations and convey this sense of admiration.

• “fierce resolve”

• “pitched”

• “forces of selfishness”

• “met their master”

​19 I remember the fierce resolve of a man that I admired greatly, a great leader of a great people, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He fought a pitched battle in 1936 with private interests whose target was private gain. And I shall long remember the words that I believe he echoed at Madison Square Garden when he declared to the Nation that the forces of selfishness had not only met their match, but these forces had met their master. 

20 Well, I have not asked you to come here today to tell you that I have a desire to master anyone. But until the clock strikes the last hour of the time allotted to me as President by vote of all the people of this country, I will never turn away from the duty that my office demands or the vigilance that my oath of office requires. 

Multiple Choice

Using context clues, determine the denotative meaning of the word "vigilance” in paragraph 20.

• soft-spoken, thoughtful

• watching carefully over someone or something

• the state of being alert and reliable, especially to avoid danger

• aggressive and demanding

20 Well, I have not asked you to come here today to tell you that I have a desire to master anyone. But until the clock strikes the last hour of the time allotted to me as President by vote of all the people of this country, I will never turn away from the from the duty that my office demands or the viligence that my oath of office requires.

Multiple Choice

What informational text structure is signaled by the sentence “But there is more to America than raw industrial might” in paragraph 3?

• cause and effect

• chronological

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

Which phrase is an example of an appeal to shared values, or ethos, with the purpose of persuading the audience to believe Johnson’s credibility?

• I have not asked you to come here today to tell you that I have a desire to master anyone.

• until the clock strikes the last hour of the time allotted to me as President by vote of all the people of this country, I will never turn away from the duty that my office demands

• this administration has no desire to punish or penalize any private industry

• We are not going to allow them to intrude their own specialized private objective on the larger public trust

Multiple Choice

Which phrase from the text is an example of an appeal to the audience’s senses or emotions, or pathos, with the purpose of persuading the audience to accept the author’s argument?

• until the clock strikes the last hour

• I will never turn away from the duty that my office demands

• Beauty belongs to all the people

• so long as I am President

Poll

How do cleaner highways and byways make you feel?

• All is good!

• I worry about how much money it takes to keep things clean.

• I enjoy the journey so much more!

• I don't mind the trash along the nation's highways and byways.