Appeals, Rhetorical Devices, and Figurative Language
Question 1 • SC-English 3 Honors
Read this excerpt from a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the "Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association Before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.”We have been speaking before Committees of the Judiciary for the last twenty years, and we have gone over all the arguments in favor of a sixteenth amendment which are familiar to all you gentlemen . . .
Answer
A
She is explaining why she is an authority on the topic.
B
She is providing a logical reason to support voting rights.
C
She is trying to inspire strong emotion in the audience.
D
She is trying to convince the audience by making them laugh.
Explanation
Stanton points out that she and other advocates have spoken before Judiciary Committees for twenty years and have thoroughly presented the arguments. This experience helps establish her knowledge and credibility on the issue, so she is explaining why she is an authority on the topic.
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