Read the excerpt from "Among Free Men." No wrongs have ever been righted by riots or civil disorders. A sniper is only a coward, not a hero; and an uncontrolled, uncontrollable mob is only the voice of madness, not the voice of reason. Which rhetorical device is most apparent in this excerpt?
How does Kennedy gain authority by quoting Abraham Lincoln at the end of "Among Free Men"?
Read the first paragraph of "Among Free Men." This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives. Which best describes how Kennedy uses rhetoric?
Read the excerpt from "Among Free Men." Whenever any American's life is taken by another American unnecessarily—whether it is done in the name of the law or in defiance of the law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in an attack of violence or in response to violence—whenever we tear at the fabric of life which another man has painfully and clumsily woven for himself and his children, the whole nation is degraded. Which rhetorical device is used in this excerpt?
Which best describes the purpose of the rhetorical questions Kennedy asks in "Among Free Men"?
Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." These [monetary investments in education] are the foundations from which towers of human achievement can soar. Which rhetorical device does Inouye use in this excerpt?
Which excerpt from "Keynote Address" includes an example of alliteration?
Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." We have been told that the revolts are against the system, and that Establishment must be torn down. But my fellow Americans, in Paris recently, students cut down 100-year-old trees to erect temporary street barricades. Those trees had lived through two world wars. Some of them had even survived the revolution of 1848. Were the goals of these students served by the destruction of those trees? How long will it take for their beauty and the vitality they symbolized to grow again? What trees did the students plant in their place? Which statement best describes an appeal Inouye makes in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." Why, when our maturing society welcomes and appreciates art as never before, are poets and painters so preponderantly hostile? Which rhetorical device does Inouye use in this sentence?
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