BVMS ELA 7th grade Semester 2 Final Review

What is the speaker's claim?

• Reading is great for people.

• Readers make good societies.

• Students should have more opportunities to read.

Studies have shown that kids spend 6 1/2 hours a day looking at screens. This is an example of what rhetorical appeal?

• Ethos (credibility)

• Pathos (emotions)

• Logos (logic and statistics)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

I'm a truly unhappy child when I don't have a book right next to me. This is an example of what rhetorical appeal?

• Ethos (credibility)

• Pathos (emotions)

• Logos (logic and statistics)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who is the target audience for this speech?

• Teachers and parents

• Law makers

• children/young people

What is the main purpose of this speech?

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does the speaker address the counterclaim that "The wonders of modern technology have a place in the world" ? In other words, what is the speaker's rebuttal to this?

• By insisting that they aren't as wonderful as reading

• By exclaiming that young people must hold on to reading because it is the key to their kingdom

• By exclaiming that some technology is more harmful than helpful