Question

A. Identify each beginning of a speech given below by writing on the line the letter identifying each kind of beginning:
a. a question
b. a startling statement
c. an anecdote or a joke
d. a quoted remark or quotation
e. history or background

1. A talk on credit cards Shopping for a computer, I asked the salesgirl if the store honored credit cards. "Honor them?" she said. "We worship them!"

2. A talk on the Philippine economy "We shall catapult ourselves into the twenty-first century," declared the President confidently.

3. A talk on marriage A marriage is successful when the husband and wife are incompatible; that is, if the husband has
the income and the wife is pat-able.

4. A talk on the candidates up for election "Who of the candidates has the greatest 'winabil- ity'?"

5. A talk on teenage pregnancy "Love is blind and lovers cannot see the petty follies they commit," said that great English poet.

6. A talk on the Chinese people The oldest written record of Chinese history dates back to the Shang dynasty (about 1766 в.с. to 1122 В.С.).

7. A talk on women's clothes
Is a woman's dress beautiful because it is sexy? Or is the dress sexy because it is beautiful?

8. A talk on computers
I had told my four-year old grandson not to do something for the third time. He grabbed his toy laptop, held the plug to his car, and said, "I'm going alfato program my laptop to program you to tell me 1 may do this thing."

9. A talk on cheese
elin banush-lowCheese is one of the oldest and most tasty and healthful food. It was eaten long before people learned to plant and harvest grain.

10. A talk on political campaigns Many of the politicians who are running for office should be running from the police.

11. A showbiz talk show "Do you know who's dating the matinee idol?" the host started.

12. A biology teacher to the class "The ripest fruit falls first," says Shakespeare.

Answer 1

1.) d

2.) e

3.) a

4.) c

5.) b

6.) c

7.) c

8.) d

9.) d

10.) b

11.) a

12.) a