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Persuasion and Tone in a Speech Answers

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Myles is creating a Venn diagram about the music and sports programs at his school. Which should Myles write on his diagram where he lists qualities that are unique to sports?

A
requires students to rent or buy equipment
B
teaches students the value of discipline
C
encourages students to use their creativity
D
provides students a lot of physical activity
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Read the excerpt from "The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes."• You don't know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer.• You don't know how to bring salmon back up a dead stream.• You don't know how to bring back an animal now extinct.

A
a peaceful tone.
B
a helpful tone.
C
a forceful tone.
D
a hopeful tone.
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Read the sentence.We _______ find a new mascot since the Rabbit doesn’t make sense anymore without a winning track team.

A
may
B
must
C
can
D
could
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Read the sentence from Eleanor Roosevelt’s "What I Hope to Leave Behind."However, I suppose we all would like to feel that when we leave we have left the world a little better and brighter as a place to live in.

A
suspicious
B
negative
C
proper
D
humble
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Read this sentence from Eleanor Roosevelt’s "What I Hope to Leave Behind."There is no doubt that we women must lead the way in setting new standards of what is really valuable in life.

A
They help introduce the speaker to the audience.
B
They help define the counterclaim of the audience.
C
They help show who the audience is.
D
They help show the reaction of the audience.
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Read the introduction from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.”Hello, I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O.—The Environmental Children's Organisation.We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.

A
worried and confused
B
disappointed and upset
C
satisfied and happy
D
honest and direct
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Read this excerpt of a speech that Hoda is writing about the topic of voting age.I think all children should be able to vote at age 13. I’d like to be able to vote in the next presidential election. _____ In cultures of the past, people were considered adults at age 13, and today’s children are even smarter than children of the past.

A
Children should have a say in who serves in our government, and people who disagree do not respect children.
B
There are some children who love politics and should get to vote!
C
Adults can vote but a large percentage of them do not use this privilege that they have.
D
If all the children in the world were able to vote, I think we’d have a much better world.

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