Churchill: Reading and structural analysis of rhetoric

Churchill: Reading and structural analysis of rhetoric

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore how Churchill's use of rhetoric motivated the masses. We will consider how Churchill attempted to convince his audience to remain strong, despite the many hardships of war, using language to recognise the achievement of the British troops. We will examine the pivotal moments of Churchill's speech to consider to what extent his speech was successful rhetoric in action.

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is an appositive?
A noun to persuade a phrase within a sentence.
Correct answer: A phrase to describe or explain a noun within a sentence.
A phrase to persuade a noun within a sentence.
A sentence to describe or explain a noun within a phrase
Q2.
Winston Churchill did this when he left the Conservatives to join the Liberals:
Correct answer: 'crossed the floor'
'ran the floor'
'stood on the floor'
'walked the floor'
Q3.
Churchill's speech was made just after the famous evacuation at:
Dunbirk
Duncar
Correct answer: Dunkirk
Duntrain
Q4.
ignominious means:
Public fame
Public fear
Public praise
Correct answer: Public shame
Q5.
Using language, Churchill:
Exaggerates the danger for the enemy
Exaggerates the media
Correct answer: Exaggerates the threat of the enemy
Exaggerates the war
Q6.
Churchill doesn't motivate within the opening because he needs to:
Not spend a long time talking
Correct answer: Present the enemy as a significant challenge
Present the enemy as not really threatening
Think about what he says

6 Questions

Q1.
Facts and figures help to build:
Dialysis
Ethos
Correct answer: Logos
Pathos
Q2.
Pivotal means:
Correct answer: of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.
of little importance in relation to the development of something else.
of most importance from a consequence of something else.
of some importance to the success of something else.
Q3.
Churchill's depiction of Dunkirk as a 'miracle of deliverance' makes use of:
hyper conscious
hyperactive
hyperbola
Correct answer: hyperbole
Q4.
To be patriotic means to have:
devotion for the war
devotion for your cat
Correct answer: devotion for your country
devotion for your siblings
Q5.
Churchill flatters both sides to appear as:
homelike
honest
Correct answer: honourable
hopeful
Q6.
After complimenting the enemy, Churchill reveals that Britain's pilots are:
super
Correct answer: superior
superlative
superstitious

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