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Worksheets"...Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center"
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A policy speech should contain all of the following elements EXCEPT:
a claim
a counterargument
misleading statements
support
Who is Kennedy's audience? (Lines 1-13)
The entire American public
NASA astronauts
People at the Aerospace Medical Health Center
the media
The purpose of Kennedy's speech is ...
A call to action for people to do something new
An urge for people to remember the good old days
A reminder of sticking to tradition
A proposal to do things how they've always been done
What is Kennedy's main (first) CLAIM? (lines 31-42)
Space research is extremely valuable to life here on earth.
Space research can improve technology.
Space research can help us learn about our environment.
Medical discoveries may be made.
What is Kennedy's main COUNTERARGUMENT to address? (Lines 31-40)
Many Americans assume space research has no value here on earth.
Money should be spent on other things.
There will be setbacks.
Space travel is very risky
Kennedy's second CLAIM is that America should... (Lines 89-96)
focus solely on medical space research.
divide the work among other nations.
take the lead in space exploration.
partner with other superpowers.
In lines 112-119 Kennedy uses repeated phrases. What may this help him do?
Reinforce a belief in success, no matter how difficult the task may be, if we stay committed to the program.
Emphasize a shift in focus of the claim.
Establish an effective and logical argument.
Give clear and detailed support of the main reasons to stick to the plan.
an injury or weakness
driving force
White statement is an example of repetition (a word being repeated):
"For more than 3 years I have spoken about the The Frontier."
"This is not a partisian term, and is not the exclusive property of Republicans or Democrats."
"History is being made every day by the men and women of the Aerospace Medical Center, without whom there would be no history."
"And second, medical space research may revolutionize the technology and the techniques of modern medicine."
Methods used by a speaker to encourage you to accept an argument are called:
analogies
counterarguments
persuasive techniques
rhetorical fallacies
When President Kennedy said that research for space travel could help children with eye defects, he is making what kind of appeal?
appeal by association
bandwagon appeal
emotional appeal
testimonial
"It is a time for pathfinders and pioneers" is an example of what literary device?
alliteration
appeal by association
emotional appeal
repetition
