Unit 2 Test Review -Purposeful Persuasion

When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a quarantine of the patients in order to protect the health of the community against the spread of the disease.

Why is this passage effective in supporting Roosevelt's argument?

• It compares aggressive natures to something that everyone can agree must be contained: a dangerous physical disease.

• It demonstrates that what Roosevelt is proposing has worked in other nations, at other times.

• It sparks enough hatred of the enemy in the hearts of the American people that they will act of their own accord

• It acknowledges that fighting the aggressors will be hard work, which makes sense considering that America has an admirable work.

Read the passage.

Without a declaration of war and without warning or justification of any kind, civilians, including vast numbers of women and children, are being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air. In times of so-called peace, ships are being attacked and sunk by submarines without cause or notice.

Which does Roosevelt's imagery convey?

• His approval of the countries committing these acts of violence

• His belief that America must respond to these acts

• His assertion that America should respond with the same violence and aggression

• His support for an international treaty to establish peace.

Read the passage from Roosevelt's "Quarantine" speech:

If those things come to pass in other parts of the world, let no one imagine that America will escape, that America may expect mercy, that this Western Hemisphere will not be attacked and that it will continue tranquilly and peacefully to carry on the ethics and the arts of civilization.

Why is Roosevelt's refutation effective?

• Roosevelt already knows that Japan and Germany are planning to attack the United States.

• Roosevelt knows that his audience has already lost any and all hope of avoiding conflict.

• Some of Roosevelt's audience does imagine that America can escape or avoid aggression.

• Roosevelt knows that people make good choices when they are motivated by fear.

Read the sentence:

Andy participated in a debate that caused him to lose his temper.

What word does the underlined clause modify?

• Andy

• participated

• that

• debate

Read the sentence:

Jada sketched my picture which she entered into a contest.

What word does the underlined clause modify?

• picture

• Jada

• sketched

• contest

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

• Mack hit a home run; and the crowd cheered.

• Mack hit a home run and, the crowd cheered.

• Mack hit a homeroom the crowd cheered.

• Mack hit a homeroom, and the crowd cheered.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• The reason she went to the mall, is the buy a new dress.

• The reason she was to the mall is, to buy a new dress.

• The reason she went to the mall is to buy a new dress.

• The reason she went, to the mall, is to buy a new dress.

True or False: A "fact" is a truth known by actual experience or observation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Read the passage.

I'm not satisfied to have fifty percent of our steel-mill capacity unused. I'm not satisfied when the United States had last year the lowest rate of economic growth of any major industrialized society in the world. . . . I'm not satisfied when we have over nine billion dollars worth of food--some of it rotting--even though there is a hungry world . . .

What is the effect of the anaphora in this passage?

• It inspires the audience to reflect on their own dissatisfations and disappointments.

• It emphasizes Kennedy's dissatisfaction with the present state of the country.

• It allows the speaker to slow down and gather his thoughts before moving on to the next point in his speech

Read the passage:

Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.

Last night, Japanese forces attacked Guam.

Last night, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.

Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island.

And this morning, the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

What is the effect of the anaphora in this passage?

• It inspires the audience to reflect and remember where they were the previous evening.

• It emphasizes the betrayal of the Japanese, as well as the severity and number of the attacks.

• It allows the speaker to slow down and gather his thoughts before moving on to the next point in his speech.

• It gives the speech a musical, lyrical quality.