ENGL U10

Question 1

In 2001, President Bush made a speech to start a war with Afghanistan to eliminate ________.

Answer 1

terrorist

Question 2

A(n) ______ voice is one that does not rise or fall in volume and is flat and boring.

Answer 2

monotone

Question 2

A ______ is someone who leads an assembly, meeting, or discussion in an objective way and enforces the speaking rules.

Answer 2

moderator

Question 2

The _______ and tone of media depends upon the position the author takes and the purpose of the media.

Answer 2

formality

Question 3

Warner believes that the choosing and the ________ of news influences more than apparent editorial persuasion.

Answer 3

omission

Question 4

Warner infers that there is ________ news, and this makes the public suspicious of all news.

Answer 4

fake

Question 5

A(n) ______ is an argumentative speech with both sides presenting reasons for opposite stands on a particular subject.

Answer 5

debate

Question 6

A limited preparation or ______ speech is one in which the speaker is given a short period of time to prepare.

Answer 6

impromptu

Question 7

With media, a person’s _______ can be ruined by the court of public opinion.

Answer 7

reputation

Question 8

An appeal to an audience that uses emotion is ________.

Answer 8

pathos

Question 9

Appealing to one’s reputation and position is _______.

Answer 9

ethos

Question 10

In “The American Newspaper,” Warner believes that the public expects news reporting to be ________.

Answer 10

unbias

Question 10

______ are speech or sounds that a listener has to filter out, such as “um” and “uh.”

Answer 10

distractors

Question 11

New media forms create ______ social groups in the same geographical areas.

Answer 11

diverse

Question 12

Political candidates use persuasive tactics and _______ to persuade voters in all kinds of media, including debates.

Answer 12

rhetoric

Question 13

Media that is encoded in machine-readable formats for digital electronic devices is called _________ media.

Answer 13

digital

Question 13

The term for the pronunciation of words and how they are expressed is _________.

Answer 13

enunciation

Question 14

A special concern about maintaining or influencing a condition, arrangement, or action, especially for selfish reasons is a ______.

Answer 14

vested interest

Question 14

President Bush uses rhetorical devices to persuade the American public to support ________.

Answer 14

military action

Question 15

Specific categories of standards by which something may be judged or decided is called ________.

Answer 15

criteria

Question 16

A common geographical location, politics, education, religion, or personal interest of a social group influences a group’s ________.

Answer 16

cultural views

Question 17

The main idea of Obama’s speech in 2014 is to end the war in Afghanistan and _______ the troops from there.

Answer 17

withdraw

Question 18

Hardback and paperback books, newspapers, and journals are considered ________ media.

Answer 18

traditional

Question 18

Warner says that when the public is ________ of persuasion, they are more easily persuaded.

Answer 18

unaware

Question 19

Videos and images with humorous text that become popular in internet media are _______.

Answer 19

memes

Question 20

When a soundtrack in a story with a plot becomes more _______, it foreshadows that a climactic event is about to occur.

Answer 20

dramatic

Question 21

A blog that uses videos as its main form of media to present a person or business’s ideas or events is a _______.

Answer 21

vlog

Question 22

Media with reader ________ allows for making comments, sending pictures, videos, or posting advertisements.

Answer 22

interaction

Question 23

Audiences of geographical areas have personal, political, and religious beliefs that ______ consumers, and it is difficult to appeal to all of them.

Answer 23

divide

Question 24

The spreading of misleading information for a particular political agenda is _______.

Answer 24

propaganda

Question 25

________ can simultaneously reflect or promote different cultural views.

Answer 25

media

Question 26

New _______ media includes e-mail and social forums.

Answer 26

advertising