Appeals, Rhetorical Devices, and Figurative Language
Question 9 • SC-English 3 Honors
Read this excerpt from a speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the "Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association Before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.”When suddenly roused at midnight, with the startling cry of "fire! fire!” to find the house over their heads in flames, do women wait for men to point the way to safety? And are the men, equally bewildered and half suffocated with smoke, in a position to more than try to save themselves?
Answer
A
Men will do what they can to protect the women in their families.
B
It is foolish to think that women cannot take care of themselves.
C
Women and men depend on each other when they are in danger.
D
Men sometimes put their own needs ahead of the needs of women.
Explanation
Stanton asks whether women wait for men to guide them during a fire, then points out that men may be just as confused and struggling to save themselves. The example challenges the idea that women need men to protect or direct them. The best choice is “It is foolish to think that women cannot take care of themselves.”
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