Rhetoric in Reagan's Address at Moscow State University

Question 1

The audience for President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University included young college students. This is important because one of the purposes of the speech was to

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encourage new ideas, and young people are more likely to accept new ideas.

Question 2

Making a bandwagon appeal in a persuasive speech is an example of using

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unsubstantiated opinion.

Question 3

Read the line from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.Go into any schoolroom, and there you will see children being taught . . . certain unalienable rights—among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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to persuade listeners of the importance of freedom

Question 4

Read the excerpt from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.But progress is not foreordained. The key is freedom—freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication.

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Repetition is used to emphasize the importance of freedom.

Question 5

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persuade

Question 6

Which are important to consider when identifying the purpose of a speech? Select 4 options.cultural contextexpert opinioncentral ideaslanguageaudience

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cultural context; central ideas; language; audience

Question 7

Select 3 options.The underlined words in this excerpt are

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an example of procatalepsis.; used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.; followed by a counterargument proving Reagan’s point.

Question 8

Which line from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University shows that one purpose of the speech was to build connections between the Soviet Union and the US?

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Our ties to you are more than ones of good feeling; they're ties of kinship.

Question 9

One purpose of President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University was to

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persuade listeners to embrace democratic freedoms.

Question 10

Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.But progress is not foreordained. The key is freedom—freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication. The renowned scientist, scholar, and founding father of this university, Mikhail Lomonosov, knew that. "It is common knowledge," he said, "that the achievements of science are considerable and rapid, particularly once the yoke of slavery is cast off and replaced by the freedom of philosophy." You know, one of the first contacts between your country and mine took place between Russian and American explorers. The Americans were members of Cook's last voyage on an expedition searching for an Arctic passage; on the island of Unalaska, they came upon the Russians, who took them in, and together with the native inhabitants, held a prayer service on the ice.

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a substantiated opinion because Reagan quotes an expert.

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