Question 19 • FL-2100010-M/J United States History
Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address.”To permit violence and anarchy to destroy our cities is to spark the beginning of a cancerous growth of doubt, suspicion, fear, and hatred that will gradually infect the whole nation. Poverty, discrimination, deprivation, as evil as they are, do not justify violence or anarchy, do not justify looting or burning, and do not justify murder or assassination. Law and order must be respected and maintained to protect the rights, yes, the civil rights, of all our citizens.
Answer
A
by sharing a brief story about his experience with poverty and discrimination
B
by describing an observation he made when citizens looted their own city
C
by giving a hypothetical example of what will happen if law and order is maintained
D
by using evocative language in describing things that matter to the audience
Explanation
The speaker supports his claim by using vivid, emotionally charged words and images. Calling violence a “cancerous growth” that will “infect the whole nation” helps the audience picture how violence can spread, while references to citizens’ rights make the issue personally important. This matches choice D, using evocative language about things that matter to the audience.
AI-written and checked against the verified answer.