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Appeals, Rhetorical Devices, and Figurative Language Answers

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Read this excerpt from a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the "Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association Before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.”We have been speaking before Committees of the Judiciary for the last twenty years, and we have gone over all the arguments in favor of a sixteenth amendment which are familiar to all you gentlemen . . .

A
She is explaining why she is an authority on the topic.
B
She is providing a logical reason to support voting rights.
C
She is trying to inspire strong emotion in the audience.
D
She is trying to convince the audience by making them laugh.
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A rhetorical device is a tool that speakers use mostly

A
to inform an audience.
B
to instruct an audience.
C
to entertain an audience.
D
to persuade an audience.
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Read the excerpt from a speech about Elizabeth Cady Stanton.1) Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a crusader in the fight for women’s rights. 2) She helped to organize the first women’s rights convention, which was held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1850. 3) Stanton and Susan B. Anthony also formed an organization to promote voting rights for women. 4) Although she died before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, Stanton’s work paved the way. 5) Who knows how the world would be different if Elizabeth Cady Stanton had not lived?

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sentence 2
B
sentence 3
C
sentence 4
D
sentence 5
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Read an excerpt from a speech that could have been given during the fight for voting rights in the 1800s.1) All people are born with basic rights, and voting should be one of them. 2) Yet women do not have this right. 3) The right to vote should be like the ability to breathe. 4) Imagine how it would feel to be denied a basic need to survive! 5) The right to vote should be given freely. 6) Without the right to vote, women are no different than prisoners denied their freedom.

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sentence 3
B
sentence 4
C
sentence 5
D
sentence 6
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What is hyperbole?

A
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words
B
the use of words that mimic or evoke the sounds they describe
C
a phrase that is specific to a certain region, language, or culture
D
an exaggeration or overstatement that is used for effect
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Read this excerpt from "The Destructive Male” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in dependence, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition.

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logos only
B
pathos only
C
ethos and logos
D
logos and pathos
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Why might a speaker use logos in a speech about voting rights?

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to demonstrate that the speaker is an expert on the topic
B
to inspire the audience to respond emotionally to the idea
C
to help the audience understand why an idea makes sense
D
to help establish the credibility of a voting rights organization
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Read this excerpt from a speech that could have been given in the 1800s by a women’s rights activist.If women are to have any power in society, they must not act like themselves. They must act like men. If they do not, men will not take them seriously. If women do not value money more than hard work—surely it is because they cannot manage money! If women feel sorry for the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned—surely it is because they are too emotional!

A
It summarizes the advice men give to women.
B
It argues that women should be more like men.
C
It explains that men are more serious than women.
D
It emphasizes how unfairly women are judged by men.
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Read this excerpt from a speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the "Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association Before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.”When suddenly roused at midnight, with the startling cry of "fire! fire!” to find the house over their heads in flames, do women wait for men to point the way to safety? And are the men, equally bewildered and half suffocated with smoke, in a position to more than try to save themselves?

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Men will do what they can to protect the women in their families.
B
It is foolish to think that women cannot take care of themselves.
C
Women and men depend on each other when they are in danger.
D
Men sometimes put their own needs ahead of the needs of women.
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What is the definition of irony?

A
It is a question that is not meant to be answered.
B
It is a reference to a well-known text, person, or event.
C
It is a statement that says the opposite of what is meant.
D
It is a comparison between two things using the words like or as.

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