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Analyzing the Use of Rhetoric, Part 2 — Cumulative exam

Question 30 • 1001400 English 4 Sem 1 - Donofro

Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.Now will the city have to fill and swell with a multitude of callings which are not required by any natural want; such as the whole tribe of hunters and actors, of whom one large class have to do with forms and colours; another will be the votaries of music—poets and their attendant train of rhapsodists, players, dancers, contractors; also makers of divers kinds of articles, including women’s dresses. And we shall want more servants. Will not tutors be also in request, and nurses wet and dry, tirewomen and barbers, as well as confectioners and cooks; and swineherds, too. . . . And our State must once more enlarge; and this time the enlargement will be nothing short of a whole army, which will have to go out and fight with the invaders for all that we have, as well as for the things and persons whom we were describing above. Why? he said; are they not capable of defending themselves? No, I said; not if we were right in the principle which was acknowledged by all of us when we were framing the State: the principle, as you will remember, was that one man cannot practise many arts with success.

Answer
A
logos; the speaker uses reasoning by describing the skills that people in different roles need to be successful
B
pathos; the speaker appeals to emotions by explaining that many people in society will need to join the army
C
logos; the speaker uses facts to explain how important building a strong army is to a functioning society
D
pathos; the speaker appeals to emotions by showing how successful artists can be with years of practice
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