Question 14 of 25 • PBCSD_CR_1001375_English 3_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2015
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number IV.“Howe is now weaker than before, and every shot will contribute to reduce him. You are more immediately interested than any other part of the continent: your all is at stake; it is not so with the general cause; you are devoted by the enemy to plunder and destruction: it is the encouragement which Howe, the chief of plunderers, has promised his army.”Why is the repetition of “you” in this sentence an effective rhetorical technique?
Answer
A
It evokes a sense of guilt in readers that they have not been giving enough to the American war effort.
B
It reminds readers that they each have a personal interest in America’s success in the war.
C
It evokes a sense of panic because the British are advancing on American interests.
D
It reminds readers that colonists who oppose American independence will be held personally responsible if the colonists lose.