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Rotation Week 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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Class
Date
1.

The best explanation of a hook is:

a)
  1. The main idea of the essay

b)
  1. an opening statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.

c)

A closing statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader’s attention so that they want to continue reading.

d)
  1. The central idea if the essay.

2.

In an essay, the hook is:

a)
  1. The first sentence of each paragraph.

b)
  1. Body paragraph 1

c)
  1. The first sentence of the introduction

d)
  1. The last sentence of paragraph 1

3.

A hook should be:

a)
  1. Relevant

b)

Intriguing

c)

Clear

d)

All of the above

4.

When we say a hook should be RELEVANT, what do we mean by that?

a)
  1. It should tell the reader the main focus of the essay.

b)
  1. It should directly relate to the topic of your essay

c)
  1. It should tell the reader what the essay is about

d)
  1. None of the above

5.

In a metaphor/simile hook, the writer:

a)
  1. Tries to confuse the reader into reading more

b)

Makes an attempt to ask a question

c)
  1. Describes something interesting

d)
  1. Makes the reader wonder by comparing 2 things that seem unconnected.

6.

An Argument must have:

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

c)

Reasoning

d)

All of the above

7.

Which is not a type of reasoning?

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

c)

Abductive

d)

Constructive

8.

Ethos is an appeal to:

a)

Emotion

b)

Credibility

c)

Reason

d)

Logic

9.

Pathos is an appeal to:

a)

Credibility

b)

Logic

c)

Emotion

d)

Reason

10.

Logos is an appeal to:

a)

Credibility

b)

Emotion

c)

Reason

d)

Ethics

11.

The SPCA commercial showing dogs in cages is what type of rhetorical appeal?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

d)

Credibility

12.

Lucy Stone was one of the first advocates of women's rights. Advocate means:

a)

a person who supports and publicly campaigns for a particular cause, idea, or person

b)

capable of improving or being made perfect

c)

changing slowly over time

d)

A formal change

13.

For a sense of the evolving nature of the constitution, we first need to look at the preamble.

Evolving means:

a)

a person who supports and publicly campaigns for a particular cause, idea, or person

b)

capable of improving or being made perfect

c)

changing slowly over time

d)

A formal change

14.

Justice Thorogood Marshall said the constitution was defective from the start.

Defective means:

a)

capable of improving or being made perfect

b)

a person who supports and publicly campaigns for a particular cause, idea, or person

c)


changing slowly over time

d)

having a fault or weakness

15.

The Constitution was not perfect, but rather perfectible

Perfectible means:

a)

capable of improving or being made perfect

b)

a person who supports and publicly campaigns for a particular cause, idea, or person

c)


changing slowly over time

d)

having a fault or weakness

16.

According to the following text, what is mainly the significance of Barbara Jordan being chosen as a keynote speaker?

But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is special?
I, Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker.
A lot of years passed since 1832, and during that time it would have been most unusual for any national political party to ask a Barbara Jordan to deliver a keynote address. But tonight, here I am. And I feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream need not forever be deferred.

a)

She dislikes giving speeches.

b)

She is emphasizing that she could never have spoken at the Republican National Convention.

c)

She plans on running for President.

d)

She is acknowledging the significance of an African-American woman giving a keynote address at a national convention.

17.

Which of these inferences is best supported by the following passage?

But this is the great danger America faces—that we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual; each seeking to satisfy private wants. If that happens, who then will speak for America? Who then will speak for the common good?
This is the question which must be answered in 1976: Are we to be one people bound together by common spirit, sharing in a common endeavor; or will we become a divided nation?

a)

She is concerned Americans will become too divided to work together.

b)

She thinks America is too troubled to save.

c)

She feels only Democrats can solve America’s problems.

d)

She wants each region to become its own country.

18.

Which of the following best summarizes Jordan’s remarks about “public servants” ?

And now, what are those of us who are elected public officials supposed to do? We call ourselves “public servants” but I’ll tell you this: We as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good if we are derelict in upholding the common good. More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

a)

She is identifying herself as a citizen and not as an elected official.

b)

She is bragging about her record as evidence of her trustworthiness.

c)

She is telling the public they must be smarter than politicians.

d)

She is telling politicians to lead by example and be more responsible.

19.

Why might Barbara Jordan quote both Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln in her speech?

a)

She thinks Jefferson and Lincoln are unintelligent.

b)

She uses their quotes to help support the message of unity and harmony.

c)

She wishes to emphasize the dark history of slavery.

d)

She wants to prove she is smarter than the audience.

20.

What is most likely a central idea of Barbara Jordan’s speech?

a)

Democracy was a terrible idea.

b)

The public needs to set an example for elected officials, not the other way around.

c)

It is up to the American people to decide what they collectively want, and work together toward those goals.

d)

The country is too divided to work together, so we should re-start the Civil War.