"Address on Flag Day" Check

What is the effect of the alliteration in the following paragraph? "But this is not a day of sentiment. Sentiment is a propulsive power, but it does not propel in the way that is serviceable to the Nation, unless it have a definite purpose before it. This is not merely a day of sentiment. This is a day of purpose."

• It emphasizes the idea that the US is focused on moving forward

• It emphasizes the repetition of the word sentiment

• It creates a powerful mood

• It creates the idea that the US is a powerful country

What is the effect of the idiom "You know how deep that cut." in paragraph 7?

• It emphasizes the impact the civil war had on America as a country

• It emphasizes that the president's feelings were hurt by the war

• It emphasizes that war is violent

• It creates a hostile and aggressive moood

What symbol is being described in the following paragraph (4)?

It is an eloquent symbol of the unity of our history that upon this monument which commemorates the man who did most to establish the American Union we should have hoisted those stars that have so multiplied since his time, associated with those lines of red and white, which mean all that is pure in our purpose and all that is red in our blood in the service of a Nation whose history has been full of inspiration because of his example.

• Flag Day

• A Bald Eagle

• A monument

• Blood

What is the symbol in paragraph 4 symbolic of? Choose the best answer! "It is an eloquent symbol of the unity of our history that upon this monument which commemorates the man who did most to establish the American Union we should have hoisted those stars that have so multiplied since his time, associated with those lines of red and white, which mean all that is pure in our purpose and all that is red in our blood in the service of a Nation whose history has been full of inspiration because of his example."

• The sacrifice men and women have made for our freedom in the United States

• The United States

• Freedom

• The American Flag

Identify the idiom in the following paragraph (24). "But today was interesting because the inauguration parade of the day of my inauguration is more than three years gone by. I have gone through deep waters with you in the meantime."

• Today was interesting

• The day of my inauguration is more than three years gone by

• the inauguration parade

• I have gone through deep waters with you in the mean time

What is the effect of the idiom used in paragraph 24? "But today was interesting because the inauguration parade of the day of my inauguration is more than three years gone by. I have gone through deep waters with you in the meantime."

• It emphasizes that the president has endured many hardships with the people of the United States

• It emphasizes that heavy things have happened

• It emphasizes how long it has been since the president was inaugurated

• It emphasizes that the president is confused by what is happening

What is the effect of the figurative language in the following paragraph (26)? "I felt caught up and buoyed along by the great stream of human purpose which seemed to flow there in front of me by the stand by the White House, and I shall go away from this meeting, as I came away from that parade, with all the deepest purposes of my heart renewed, and as I see the winds lovingly unfold the beautiful lines of our great flag I shall seem to see a hand pointing the way of duty no matter how hard, no matter how long, which we shall tread while we vindicate the glory and honor of the United States."

• It emphasizes that the flag will guide the president to continue doing his duty no matter what

• It emphasizes that the president is caught in a stream of purpose

• It emphasizes the importance of the white house

• It emphasizes the purpose of the president of the united states

What is the effect of the repetition of the word "sentiment" in the "Address on Flag Day"?

• It emphasizes the emotional importance of Flag Day and that people should use the day to reflect on the flag and what it means

• It emphasizes that all people should have flags to be sentiment about

• It shows that the president feels deeply about the American Flag

• It draws the readers attention to the vocabulary of the president

What score would the following constructed response get? How does the speaker’s repetition of “sentiment” enhance the theme of the speech? "The repetition of the word sentiment in the speech enhances the theme by using the word over and over again. The speaker states "But Washington was one of the least sentimental men that America has ever produced. The thing that thrills me about Washington is that he is impatient of any sentiment that has not got definite purpose in it. His letters run along the lines of action, not merely along the mere lines of sentiment, and the most inspiring times that this Nation has ever seen have been the times when sentiment had to be translated into action". The use of the word sentiment so many times draws the attention of the reader to the use of the word.

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What is missing from the following constructed response?

How does the speaker’s repetition of “sentiment” enhance the theme of the speech?

"The repetition of the word sentiment in the speech enhances the theme by using the word over and over again. The speaker states "But Washington was one of the least sentimental men that America has ever produced. The thing that thrills me about Washington is that he is impatient of any sentiment that has not got definite purpose in it. His letters run along the lines of action, not merely along the mere lines of sentiment, and the most inspiring times that this Nation has ever seen have been the times when sentiment had to be translated into action". The use of the word sentiment so many times draws the attention of the reader to the use of the word.

• A symbol

• Discussion of the theme

• Personal pronouns

• Direct Textual Evidence