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Rhetorical Devices in a Political Speech

Question 8 • 2026-2027_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR

Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." Now let us not deceive ourselves about the consequences of such abdication [of the responsibilities of citizenship]. It is anarchy. It is a state in which each individual demands instant compliance with his own desires. And from there, it is but a short step to the assumption by each individual of the right to decide which of his neighbors shall live and which shall not.

Answer
A
He appeals to emotion by evoking the fear of death.
B
He appeals to logic by showing how bad attitudes lead to dangerous actions.
C
He appeals to timeliness by emphasizing the urgency of the nation's problems.
D
He appeals to authority by claiming that anarchy is immoral.
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