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Speaking and Listening: Planning a Multimedia Presentation — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack. Terrorism has led to devastation—and unity.

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Knowing that Quindlen has an Italian and Irish heritage helps the reader better understand her viewpoint, which is that all immigrants are the same.
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Knowing that Quindlen compares the American people to a quilt helps the reader better understand her viewpoint of America as a melting pot.
C
Knowing that Quindlen lives in New York helps the reader understand that she lives in a multicultural environment.
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Knowing that Quindlen wrote this piece after the 9/11 attacks helps readers understand her viewpoint, which is that tragedy unites people.
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Which assignment is most likely to require a works cited page?

A
a business letter seeking employment opportunities
B
a demonstration speech about how to bait a hook
C
a research paper describing the effects of erosion
D
a personal narrative telling the story of a vacation
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Which sentence is the best hook for a speech about saving sea turtles?

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Some sea turtles have yellow shells, while others have green or black shells.
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In which ocean can sea turtles be found?
C
Sea turtles have populated Earth’s oceans for more than 100 million years.
D
Are shellfish part of the sea turtle’s diet?
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A word’s denotation is

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its literal meaning.
B
its figurative meaning.
C
any associated idea.
D
any associated feeling.
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Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.But I hope you know I go on about these things not simply to extol the virtues of my own country but to speak to the true greatness of the heart and soul of your land. Who, after all, needs to tell the land of Dostoyevsky about the quest for truth, the home of Kandinsky and Scriabin about imagination, the rich and noble culture of the Uzbek man of letters Alisher Navoi about beauty and heart? The great culture of your diverse land speaks with a glowing passion to all humanity.

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Reagan uses allusion to remind his audiences of Russian authors whose writings support his argument.
B
Reagan uses a bandwagon appeal as he persuades his audience that great literature is popular worldwide.
C
Procatalepsis is used by Reagan as he counters arguments his audience may have against freedom.
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Repetition is used by Reagan to convince his audience to read the works of classic Russian writers.
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A science teacher gives the presentation assignment below.Let’s make our families earth-friendly. Consider whether or not your family respects the environment. Discuss your routines and practices with your parents, and determine your family’s "footprint.” Then, suggest to your peers one earth-friendly effort that every family should make.

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Families ought to throw away those nasty canned vegetables in their pantries and embrace the new trend of buying local produce.
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Every family should buy local produce because it is more nutritious, it requires less packaging, and it promotes energy conservation.
C
Families need to stop driving to super stores ten miles away to buy apples from another coast or oranges from five states south.
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Every family should consider driving or walking to a local farm and selecting produce, such as cucumbers, carrots, and lettuce.
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Read the excerpt from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.Even as we explore the most advanced reaches of science, we're returning to the age-old wisdom of our culture, a wisdom contained in the book of Genesis in the Bible . . .

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procatalepsis to argue against an opposite view.
B
repetition to build rhythm and momentum.
C
allusion to give his speech more authority.
D
advanced science to prove his opinion.
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Some speakers will use multimedia, or more than one form of expression or , such as graphics, charts, and video clips to connect with the audience.

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Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal.The reality is often quite different, a great national striving consisting frequently of failure. Many of the oft-told stories of the most pluralistic nation on earth are stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry. Slavery and sweatshops, the burning of crosses and the ostracism of the other. Children learn in social-studies class and in the news of the lynching of blacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay men. It is difficult to know how to convince them that this amounts to "crown thy good with brotherhood," that amid all the failures is something spectacularly successful. Perhaps they understand it at this moment [in the aftermath of 9/11], when enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings.

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The first paragraph discusses the aspects of American culture that unify Americans. The second paragraph discusses the aspects of American culture that tear Americans apart and cause friction.
B
The first paragraph discusses the idea that Americans are united as one despite their differences. The second paragraph discusses the idea that acts of intolerance make it difficult to believe that Americans are united as one.
C
The first paragraph discusses possible benefits to living in a society like America. The second paragraph discusses the disadvantages of living in a society like America.
D
The first paragraph discusses the diversity of American society and its role in history. The second paragraph discusses the uniformity of American society and its role in history.
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deviceopinionreasonfallacy

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device
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opinion
C
reason
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fallacy
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Review the information for a magazine that a student intends to include on a works cited page.Magazine: Academic ReviewTitle of Article: The College Application ProcessPage Numbers: 111-114Author: Judson CosbyDate of Publication: December 1, 2013

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Cosby, Judson. “The College Application Process.” Academic Review 1 December 2013: 111-114. Print.
B
Cosby, Judson. “The College Application Process.” 111-114. Academic Review December 1, 2013: Web.
C
Cosby, Judson. Academic Review “The College Application Process.” 1 December 2013. 111-114. Print.
D
Cosby, Judson. “The College Application Process.” 111-114. Academic Review December 1, 2013: 111-114. Web.
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President Reagan’s speech was mainly written to

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persuade the audience.
B
educate the audience.
C
entertain the audience.
D
inform the audience.
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Which action is an example of plagiarism?

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forgetting to create a title for an original story
B
failing to cite references for a research paper
C
neglecting appropriate punctuation in an essay
D
ignoring grammatical rules on a writing test

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