Question 10 of 10Which statement best illustrates how a leader might use logos in a wartime speech?A.The leader reminds the audience of the lives sacrificed in the war effort.B.The leader recounts the times the political parties have worked together to achieve a goal.C.The leader focuses on language that paints the enemy as savage and unjust.D.The leader gives statistics that focus on military strengths and successes.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 2 of 10Which passage most clearly uses a logos appeal?A.So we are going to win the war and we are going to win the peace that follows.B.Knowing that the attack might reach us in all too short a time, we immediately began greatly to increase our industrial strength and our capacity to meet the demands of modern warfare.C.I deeply feel the anxiety of all of the families of the men in our armed forces and the relatives of people in cities which have been bombed.D.When we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. We Americans are not destroyers — we are builders.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which excerpt is the best example of an appeal to logos?A.Some experts warned that the world could be on the verge of a "nightmare scenario" of cut-throat competition for the control of shrinking supplies.B.Back in 1974, Kissinger spoke of the "thin edge between hope and hunger." A generation on, it is time to take it seriously.C.Biofuels transferred over 100 million tons of cereals from plates to petrol tanks: to fill a 4 x 4 tank requires enough grain to feed a poor person for a year."D.Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, warns that the rising prices are "a threat to global growth and social stability."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

A president wants to make a speech to persuade her fellow citizens to support a war against another country. Which approach would be the most appropriate way for the president to address an audience consisting of general citizens?A.Acknowledging the strong opposition to the idea of warB.Identifying shared goals and showing that war can accomplish themC.Appealing to their national pride and sense of unityD.Telling the audience that all hard choices require sacrifice

Question 3 of 10What difficult task did Stalin most likely face when he tried to use logos in his speech?A.Since he felt insecure about educated intellectuals, he had to avoid presenting a logical argument.B.Since the enemy had attacked the Soviet Union, he didn't need to be logical about the war.C.Since he did not graduate from school, he could not present a logical case for fighting a war.D.Since he considered the Soviet people to be intelligent, he didn't feel he needed to present logic.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 5 of 10Which element must an effective wartime speech have?A.A positive themeB.Powerful languageC.Selective half-truthsD.Inflammatory wordingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS