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K: /10 I/T: /5 C: /10 A: /10 The Power of the Spoken Word Unit Test Name:Kelly Johnston Date: August 9th, 2018 Instructions: Please answer all questions using complete sentences. Where indicated, use proper paragraph format. a. You should have printed a copy of President Obama's Inauguration Speech, and have it with you, in order to complete this test. Part A: Short Answer 1. a. What is the overall tone of Obama's speech? (1 K) The overall tone of Obama's speech is uplifting and inspiring. b. Support your answer with evidence from the speech. (1 T) As Obama says "Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune." Encouraging citizens that together as one nation they can protect each other from harm and push each other towards greatness. 2. Explain how Obama's diction contributes to the overall tone of the speech. (1 K) Obama uses hopeful and inspiring words to relay his message. b. Support your answer with evidence. (1 T) Obama uses words such as "light'' and "freedom" in section 25, he also repeats the word journey many times in section 19. In paragraph 12 he uses "prosperity'' and 'succeed''. These are examples of hopeful and inspiring diction. 3. a. Provide examples for FIVE of the following rhetorical devices in the speech: alliteration, metaphor, allusion, rhetorical question, anaphora, parallelism, antithesis, hyperbole. (5 K) In the speech Obama uses the following rhetorical devices to persuade the audience - Alliteration - In section 21 Obama uses alliteration by saying Substitute sceptical, repeating the consonant sound "s" in line 2. - Anaphora - In sections 6,7 and 8 Obama starts each section by saying together. - Parallelism - In section 1 Obama says "We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors. of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names" showing parallelism as Obama makes us believe that all things in the this sentence are of equal importance. - Antithesis - in section 16 Obama says "security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war" this shows a clear contrasting relationship. - Allusion - Obama says "to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth" this is a representation of allusion by showing a referring to the King. 4. a. Identify one instance FOR EACH in which Obama establishes ethos, logos, and pathos. (3 K) Ethos - In president Obamas speech he shows ethos by using words such as "we" and "our" and "together". Pathos - In the inaugural address Obama says, "We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.". Logos - In the inauguration speech President Obama repeats to the audience several times "we the people", this comes from the famous documents. b. Support your answer with evidence (explanation). (3 T) Ethos - By using these words in his speech he is not just referring to the audience but himself, this is a form of ethos because when he says those words he is also signifying himself as a trustworthy person who they can trust. Pathos - When Obama says this he is pulling on the heart strings of the citizens. By saying that a little girl born with nothing can become anything she wants to be in life makes American's feel as if they can succeed in life and peruse their dreams. Logos - By using "we the people" which was also used in the Declaration of Independence. By referring to the Declaration, Obama appears reliable. Part B: Paragraph Answers 5. In ONE (1) well-constructed paragraph identify Obama's thesis which is the persuasive goal of his speech. What are the main points of his argument? (5 A) In president Obamas speech he uses "What makes us exceptional - what makes us American - is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:" in section 1 as his thesis sentence. In