Speaking and Listening: Formal Debate — Unit test Answers

Read the excerpt from a high school newspaper.At yesterday’s debate, tensions were high as the teams waited for Mia Song to state the resolution. Despite the short prep time, Washington team members Enzo Garcia and Nicole Marconi had no problem speaking first, explaining their support for recent actions in the Middle East. The Taft team went second, making a strong counterclaim, but their argument didn’t have as much supporting evidence. There was a tense hush while the judges deliberated, followed by cheers and applause when Washington won.

Read the lines from Langston Hughes's poem "I, Too, Sing America."Tomorrow,I’ll be at the tableWhen company comes.

Which line from "Long Haul" describes people of the sixties fighting for civil rights?

Daphne wrote a speech about equality that included relevant historical quotes, and Aayna wrote a speech about equality that included definitions of important vocabulary.Based on this scenario, which speech is more effective?

Why is the use of pathos more appropriate in Whitman’s poem than in President Lincoln’s speech?

One way a Lincoln-Douglas debate differs from a policy debate is that in a Lincoln-Douglas debate,

Read this passage from "The American Dream."Now may I suggest some of the things we must do if we are to make the American dream a reality. First I think all of us must develop a world perspective if we are to survive.

Read these excerpts.Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.Whitman’s "O Captain! My Captain!".My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

Read this line from "O Captain! My Captain!".The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

Li wrote a speech about freedom that included visuals of maps and timelines, and Jackie wrote a speech about freedom that included the repetition of words and phrases.Based on this scenario, which speech is more effective?

Read this passage from "The American Dream."America is essentially a dream, a dream as yet unfulfilled. It is a dream of a land where men of all races, of all nationalities and of all creeds can live together as brothers. The substance of the dream is expressed in these sublime words, words lifted to cosmic proportions: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." This is the dream.

Read the paragraph.When Edgewood Middle School adopted a school recycling program, nearly 20% of the students brought in recyclables from home.

This photo was taken during the Great Depression.

The line "I am the darker brother" in "I, Too, Sing America" most likely signifies that the speaker is