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(05.01 MC)Read the excerpt from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1953 “Atoms for Peace” speech. Answer the question that follows.But the great tests and the great accomplishments still lie ahead. And in the confident expectation of those accomplishments, I would use the office which, I hold, to assure you that the Government of the United States will remain steadfast in its support of this body. This we shall do in the conviction that you will provide a great share of the wisdom, of the courage and of the faith which can bring to this world lasting peace for all nations, and happiness and well-being for all men.Which rhetorical appeal appears in bold?

(05.05 MC)The word omnipotent combines the Latin roots “omni-” (meaning “all” or “every”) and “-potent” (meaning “power” or “ability”). Using your knowledge of etymology, what does the word omnipotent mean?

(06.02 MC)Read the sentences and answer the question that follows.It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.Which rhetorical device is used?

(06.02 MC)Read the sentence and answer the question that follows.The Crown’s decision sparked a wave of controversy and public debate.Which rhetorical device is used?

(06.04 LC)Which of the following is not a best practice for volume when presenting orally?

(05.01 LC)Which logical fallacy oversimplifies an opponent’s viewpoint and then attacks it as a hollow argument?

(04.01 LC)The tone of a text is the author or speaker’s attitude toward or viewpoint on a subject.

(04.04 LC)Which of the following is not an effective elaboration technique?

(06.02 MC)Read the sentence and answer the question that follows.Desperate times call for desperate measures; we need all hands on deck.Which rhetorical device is used?

(04.03 MC)Read “To F…” by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows.BELOVED! amid the earnest woesThat crowd around my earthly path—(Drear path, alas! where growsNot even one lonely rose)—My soul at least a solace hathIn dreams of thee, and therein knowsAn Eden of bland repose.And thus thy memory is to meLike some enchanted far-off isleIn some tumultuous sea—Some ocean throbbing far and freeWith storms—but where meanwhileSerenest skies continuallyJust o’re that one bright island smile.What aspect of this poem alerts the reader that it was written by a Romantic author?