Cesar Chavez Commonwealth Club Address

Rhetoric is all EXCEPT the following:

• Persuasive language

• The art of persuasion

• Credibility

• A tool used by writers and speakers

Define mortality

• property or personal possessions

• death

• union

• tunnel vision

In the 1800's slaves and women were considered ____________, much like the farm workers in California in the 1900's.

• unions

• savages

• chattel

• asserts

When a person can only see straight ahead (no side view), they have what condition?

• polarity

• deafness

• nearsightedness

• tunnel vision

An organization that wants to "advance the interests of its members."

• union

• onion

• strike

• huelga

In P. 8 When Chavez refers to "we" in paragraph 8, who is actually talking about?

• the elders

• the children

• the farm workers

• the lawyers, doctors and business people

In P. 10, Chavez asserts that the farm workers allowed themselves to become victims. Asserts means...

• says

• suggests strongly

• questions

• assumes

In P. 11, What specifically was helping create change for Chicanos and Hispanics, especially at that time?

• They were getting educated

• They were entering politics

• They were fighting for their rights

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In P. 12, What has the farm workers movement done for other Hispanics?

• Given them the chance to unionize

• Given them hope that they can be something and have something different.

• Made them feel like targets

• None of these

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

P. 15 contains something very important in line 110. What part of the speech is this?

• the main claim of the paragraph

• the central claim of the whole speech

• the counter claim

• none of these