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Bentley's Speech Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word describes an appeal to the emotions?

a)

allusion

b)

pathos

c)

sarcastic diction

d)

ethos

2.

Inviting Messi to help me recruit people to join my soccer team would be a good example of...

a)

counterclaim

b)

anaphora

c)

ethos

d)

anecdote

3.

Suggesting your taxes will go up if you vote for a political candidate is example of...

a)

scare tactics

b)

call to action

c)

logos

d)

ethos

4.

"LOL," "JK," and "That's crazy" are examples of...

a)

patriotic diction

b)

formal diction

c)

sarcastic diction

d)

casual diction

5.

When I make an argument, I have to offer a _____ to acknowledge what the opposition believes.

a)

allusion

b)

counterclaim

c)

call to action

d)

anaphora

6.

When Martin Luther King, Jr., says "Now is the time..." at the beginning of four consecutive sentences, he is using...

a)

anaphora

b)

anecdote

c)

repetition

d)

logos

7.

If I tell a short, personal story at the beginning of a speech to help the audience understand why I care about a topic, I am sharing...

a)

a call to action

b)

scare tactics

c)

allusion

d)

anecdote

8.

If I am trying to build my credibility with the audience, I am using...

a)

ethos

b)

anaphora

c)

allusion

d)

pathos

9.

If I include science-based facts about the rate of global warming in my speech, I am using...

a)

anecdote

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

counterclaim

10.

When Abraham Lincoln says government, "of the people, by the people, for the people, " he is using...

a)

a claim

b)

a call to action

c)

rhetorical question

d)

repetition

11.

When Xiye Bastida and Greta Thunberg talk about their children's future, they are using...

a)

patriotic diction

b)

scare tactics

c)

rhetorical question

d)

logos

12.

When Xiye Bastida describes the influence of her grandparents at the beginning of her speech, she is using...

a)

allusion

b)

anaphora

c)

logos

d)

anecdote