Speeches

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. is an example of what?

• Simile

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children is an example of what?

• Simile

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is Truth's tone in the following lines: "Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from?"

• Inquisitive

• Assertive

• Apologetic

• Hopeful

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! is an example of what?

• Imagery

• Euphemism

• Allusion

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."​ is an example of what?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Illustrate the meaning of this speech.
As it is, Philip has conquered your indolence and your indifference; but he has not conquered Athens. You have not been vanquished; you have never even stirred.

What rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Antithesis

• C) Hyperbole

• D) Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech, which literary device is predominantly used in the repetition of the phrase 'I have a dream'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Anaphora

• C) Irony

• D) Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the meaning of rhetoric?

• persuasive speech

• epideictic speech or writing

• phonaesthetics

• law-making

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What kind of logical structure does Demosthenes use in this speech?

• chronological order

• specific to general

• patterns (and reversals)

• cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5