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A Casual C. Frozen E. Formal B Intimate D. Consultative

This document contains an English remediation activity for students. It includes four activities: 1) Identifying speech styles from sample statements. 2) Matching descriptions of speech styles such as formal, casual, intimate, and consultative. 3) Answering comprehension questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. 4) Identifying literary devices such as metaphor, repetition, and symbolism used in quotes from King's speech and other works.

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A Casual C. Frozen E. Formal B Intimate D. Consultative

This document contains an English remediation activity for students. It includes four activities: 1) Identifying speech styles from sample statements. 2) Matching descriptions of speech styles such as formal, casual, intimate, and consultative. 3) Answering comprehension questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. 4) Identifying literary devices such as metaphor, repetition, and symbolism used in quotes from King's speech and other works.

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ENGLISH 9

REMEDIATION/INTERVENTION
SECOND QUARTER

NameL ___________________________________ Section: _________________ Score: __________

ACTIVITY 1. TYPES OF SPEECH STYLES


Directions: ldentify the speech style used from statements that follow. Choose the letter of
your answer and write it on the blank provided before each number.
A CASUAL C. FROZEN E. FORMAL
B INTIMATE D. CONSULTATIVE
What type of speech is used in each sample greeting below?
______1. Hey, Jack. What's up?
______2. Hello. good morning. May I speak to Ms. Abatayo, please?
______3. My darling, how was your first day at work?
______4. My salute to the dignitanes present, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to this affair!
______5. Welcome to Binuangan SHS Open House where future leaders are developed through faith
and technology .Hope you will enjoy the tour.

ACTIVITY 2. Match the descriptions of the speech styles in Column A to Column B. Write the letter of
the correct answer on the blank before each number.
____1. It is appropriate to use ______________ in situations A.consultative style
where speech is improvised and not prepared ahead of time, B.formal style
or when the writer is writing quickly without editing. C.casual language
2. It is marked by various degrees of implicitness because of D.casual or informal style
intimacy between speaker and listener. E.Frozen
3. It is used in serious texts and situations (books, news reports, magazine
or journal articles, business letters, or official speeches)
4. It does not allow ellipsis, contractions, qualifying modal adverbials,
and subjectivity markers.
5. This is the normal style for speaking to strangers or persons who are
neither acquaintances nor friends or relatives.

ACTIVITY 3: Read each question from the speech of Martin Luther, Jr, “I Have a Dream and encircle
the letter that corresponds to your answer.
1. The main focus of King’s speech is on
a. Celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
b. Convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
c. Ending segregation and racial injustice in America
d. Getting more money for America’s black population
2. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech appeals mainly to listeners’
a. Common sense c. Desire for a better future
b. Sense of guilt d. Concerns about America’s status among the world’s nations
3. In “I Have a Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr. urges his followers to
a. Work toward gradual change c. Use any means necessary
b. Demand justice now d. Distrust white people
4. Which repeated phrase in King’s speech has additional power because it is from a familiar patriotic
song?
a. “I have a dream” c. “Now is the time”
b. “One hundred years later” d. “Let freedom ring”

B. Words in Context: Write the letter of the best answer.


5. A legitimate concern is
a. Reasonable c. Questionable
b. False d. Legal
6. If people have a reconciliation, they return to a state of being
a. Friends b. Enemies c. Prisoners d. Soldiers
7. A man who seeks social mobility wants to
a. Convince others b. Buy a house c. Go to a different place d. Improve his situation

C. Recall the ideas in the speech by King. Then answer the questions in one or two sentences.

8. According to King, the founders who signed the Constitution wrote African Americans “a bad check.”
What does he mean?
9. What attitude does King urge African Americans to take toward white people?
10. What is King’s dream for the children of Alabama?

ACTIVITY 4. What literary device from our previous discussion s was used in the following statements?
Write your answer on the blank provided for.

1. In every cry of every Man,


In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban”
- "London," William Blake Answer: _______________________

2. Five score years ago a great American


in whose symbolic shadow we stand today
signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
- “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther,Jr. Answer: _______________________

3. The end of slavery was a "joyous daybreak"


- “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther,Jr. Answer: _______________________

4. Across America, racism is "jangling"


- “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther,Jr. Answer: _______________________

5. Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling.


Look at you! You are so beautiful.
Your eyes behind your veil are doves
your hair is like a flock of goats
- “The Song of Songs”, Old Bible Answer: ________________________

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