Speaking and Listening: Evaluating a Speaker – Early Modern Language Unit – Flashcards
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What is the purpose of President Woodrow Wilson's speech "War Message to Congress"?
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to persuade Congress that the nation should enter the war against Germany
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Julia wants to be sure that she can listen effectively to the speaker at the town hall meeting. Which strategy will help her succeed?
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researching the topic in advance
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Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson's speech, "War Message to Congress." It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. Which emotion is President Wilson most likely trying to evoke in his listeners?
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sadness
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Read the sentence. As president of the Student Council for two years now, I think that it is time we try to establish a better system for spending our funds. What kind of appeal is the speaker using in this sentence?
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ethos, an appeal based on the speaker's character
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Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson's speech, "War Message to Congress." I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only for the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. Which statement best describes the main idea of the excerpt?
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Human lives are worth more than material items.
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Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson's speech, "War Message to Congress." On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. To appeal to the audience, this part of the speech mostly relies on
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logos, an appeal based on logic or reason.
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Which excerpt from paragraphs 1 to 3 of Wilson's "War Message to Congress" appeals most to the audience's emotions?
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American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of . . .
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Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson's speech, "War Message to Congress." We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. Which is the best reason why President Wilson uses the word "we"?
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It is effective because it makes listeners feel unified.
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To appeal to his audience, in "War Message to Congress," Wilson mostly relies on
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pathos, an appeal based on emotions.
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Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson's speech, "War Message to Congress." Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. Which best explains President Wilson's use of the word "autocratic"?
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He is emphasizing the enemy's tyranny.
