Project Soapbox Unit Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: An ______ is a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society.

• Activist

• Spectator

• Follower

• Bystander

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject.

• Soapbox

• Lectern

• Podium

• Stage

Fill in the blank: ______ are standards or principles for judging, evaluating, or selecting something; plural of criterion.

• Criteria

• Criterions

• Criterias

• Criterion

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a set of guidelines or criteria used to evaluate or judge something.

• Rubric

• Notebook

• Calculator

• Schedule

Match the following parts of a persuasive speech with their descriptions:

• Description of the issue

• Background information, historical context and relevant information about the issue

• Description of assets

• What the speaker/writer believes about the issue

• Call to action

• Involves details for what you want the audience to do

• Description of the vision

• Show how experts have been trying to deal with the issue

• Claim

• Leads the audience to visualize how addressing this issue will positively impact the world

Fill in the blank: ______ (adj.) means causing many people to disagree; relating to or causing much debate or discussion.

• Controversial

• Harmonious

• Obsolete

• Transparent

Fill in the blank: A ______ (n) is a statement or view on a topic that others might not initially agree with or consider themselves.

• Claim

• Fact

• Law

• Observation

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a strong claim?

• E. Inspires curiosity or engages the reader

• D. Is vague

• A. Answers the question being asked

• B. Is debatable

• C. Can be supported with reasons and evidence

What is the definition of 'rhetoric' as described on Page 17?

• The art of persuasive speech or writing

• The study of logic

• The use of personal feelings in writing

• The ability to be believed

When you think about ethos, think about the writer/speaker appealing to the audience’s need for a(n) ______ opinion.

• EXPERT

• UNBIASED

• POPULAR

• CASUAL