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WorksheetsWeek 3 - Ethics unit - The Greta Thunberg edition
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The title of Greta Thunberg's speech is:
I have the answer
How dare you
What about the little baby seals?
Can I ask you a question?
Greta Thunberg delivered her speech to:
Other teenagers who are angry about climate change
As a speech on school assembly
To the UN council comprised of the world's leaders
As a Youtube announcement
The line "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words" is an example of:
Metaphor
Imperative
Rhetorical
Repetition
The line "So a 50% risk is simply not acceptable to us — we who have to live with the consequences" is an example of:
Imperative
Metaphor
Rhetorical
Repetition
The phrase "How dare you" has been used throughout the speech is an example of:
Imperative
Metaphor
Rhetorical
Repetition
Why is the phrasing "And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you" so important in this speech?
Because it is a good rhetorical question
Because it emphasizes that these powerful people have a choice to make
Because guilt is a good way to get people to do what you want
Because it shows that Greta was really angry
How old was Greta Thunberg when she gave her speech?
13
14
15
16
What made Greta's speech so effective:
Her passionate delivery
The fact that she was so young and yet so perfectly captured the feelings of millions of people
The fact that she used facts and structure so effectively to deliver her message
all of the above
Which of the following awards has Greta been nominated for:
3 consecutive Nobel peace prizes
Youngest person ever to be the Times "Person of the Year"
A member of the Forbes 100 Most Influential Women in the World list
All of the above
What was Greta's main purpose for delivering that speech:
To tell off a whole heap of world leaders
To call world leaders to action and put meaningful change in place to protect the climate
To make herself popular and well known
All of the above
