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WorksheetsA Tribute to a Dog (Collections: Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
George Graham Vest was a
jury
lawyer
veterinarian
dog owner
Vest argues that
people make better friends than animals.
a dog doesn’t understand its master.
dogs are unselfish and faithful to their masters.
all people should own dogs.
One reason Vest uses to support his argument is that
people need money
a dog will never desert his master
people are faithful
a dog always needs food from people
In his speech, Vest describes people as
easy swayed by changes in fortune, or luck.
always kind and loving
stronger than dogs
never selfish or unfaithful
In a speech, an emotional appeal
always makes a listener happy.
creates strong feelings in the listener.
cannot include facts or evidence.
can never persuade listeners.
Vest uses emotional appeals in his speech to
prove that he himself likes dogs.
show that his client is a good person.
influence the jury to vote for Vest’s client who lost his dog.
explain why dogs make the best pets.
A person might be treacherous if he or she is
helping a friend.
breaking a promise.
wearing a funny hat.
sick for a long time.
Another word for malice might be
kindness
failure
cruelty
comfort
An embrace shows
acceptance
malice
anger
watchfulness
A sign of prosperity is
having a long illness
losing a job
being kind to an animal
having enough money
What is Vest's central claim about a person's dog?
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.
A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.
A man's dog will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.
A man's dog will lick the wounds and sore that come in encounters with the roughness of the world.
Which of the following three items support your answer to question 11.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.
A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.
A man's dog will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.
A man's dog will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world.
