Using rhetoric to effectively motivate a crowd

Using rhetoric to effectively motivate a crowd

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will study the final segment of Churchill's speech. We will consider how his use of rhetoric gives us hints that his audience was not just the British people, and that there was far more to play for here and he spoke these words in 1940.

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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

6 Questions

Q1.
Churchill uses _________ language of an appendix to highlight the impossible situation the British forces faced.
Collective
Correct answer: Figurative
Imperative
Vivid
Q2.
Churchill says that the _____ of the British Army were at Dunkirk during the week of the evacuation.
Body
Correct answer: Core
Heart
Limbs
Q3.
Patriotic means:
devotion to the war
devotion to your cat
Correct answer: devotion to your country
devotion to your Prime Minister
Q4.
Prosaic means if something is:
Unimaginative or uninteresting
Unimaginative or unnecessary
Correct answer: Unimaginative or unoriginal
Unimaginative or untold
Q5.
Churchill pays tribute to the British troops by saying that they are superior to (select two answers):
Knights of the Lost Ark
Correct answer: Knights of the Round Table
Correct answer: The Crusaders
The Rangers
Q6.
In the closing of his speech, Churchill uses this repeatedly to reinforce a high level of morale:
Alliteration
Correct answer: Anaphora
Epiphany
Epiphora

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