WorksheetsCiceroni Oratio
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
How would you describe the EXORDIUM?
attention-getter and audience specific
credibility-getter and audience acceptance
evidence and counter evidence reporting
end of Q.E.D. and call to action
How would you describe la NARRATIO?
pleasing specific audience
credibility getter through proofs
lengthy listing of proofs
credibility getter and reminder of values
What is the most accurate definition of PARTITIO?
wrapping up the thesis and the proofs
like speech title and subtitles
like a demonstration of evidence
a mix of evidence and counter-evidence
what is the best definition of PERORATIO?
attack to the morals and proofs
introduction of the speaker
call to action everlasting impression
rational evaluation of facts
Which is the incorrect order of the parts of Ciceronian speech?
exordium, narratio, partitio
narratio, confimatio, peroratio
exordium, narratio, confirmatio
confirmatio, refutatio, peroratio
what is Q.E.D.?
quid est dementia?
quomodo demonstrandum est?
quod erat demonstrandum?
quis est demonstrandum?
What is the meaning of Q.E.D.?
what is it?
which is proved
that is a good question
which needs to be proven
what can be used for a strong exordium?
personal attack and animated gestures
balance of proofs
straightforward thesis
rhetorical questions and famous sayings
What must be said in the narratio?
thesis and examples
speaker's bio
speaker highlights
proofs and counter proofs
To demonstrate contempt which sounds have greater effect?
the "w" and the "g"
the "o" and the 'u"
the 'r' and the 's"
the "t" and the "z"
who was Verre?
a senator in the Curia
a Roman consul
a governor of a province
a Roman general
According to the passage : "leges, communia iura" What did Verre took away from the citizens?
common spaces
legality
lands
wives
"Sic Semper Tyrannis" is something you would say...
to wish long life...
to wish bad health
to wish prosperity
to wish short life
what is the opposite of VITIUM?
MOS
VIRTUS
BONUS
AMICITIA
"O tempora, O Mores" means...
you miss Asian food
you miss the times when you were little
you miss the times when you had more
you miss the old ways
Allie’s cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star. What figure of speech used here?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children. What figure of speech is used here?
Metaphor
Analogy
Simile
Lilian has a million pairs of shoes in her closet. What figures of speech used here?
Hyperbole
Understatement
Personification
Name the following figure of speech:
"Firefly fluttering freely"
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
L. 8-9: quare quidquid qualecumque quod = which figure of speech?
alliteration
anaphora
apostrophe
L. 10: maneat = present active subjunctive = what use? Hint: we translated "let it remain enduring for more than one generation"
hortatory (encouraging others, 1st person plural only)
optative (a general wish, 2nd or 3rd person)
jussive (a mild command, 2nd or 3rd person)
