Reread this example of rhetoric from the passage.

To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade,…

Which statement best describes how this use of rhetoric affects the speech?


A) By repeating words, the speaker creates a dramatic delivery to emphasize an important point.

B) Using phrases related to the same subject refocuses interest on the original topic.

C) Referring to similar topics in each phrase highlights the most important point of the speech.

D) By using similar phrasing, the speaker links one part of the speech to another.

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Answer

From the given example of rhetoric from the above passage, the statement that best describes how the use of rhetoric affects the speech is:

A)     By repeating words, the speaker creates a dramatic delivery to emphasize an important point.

 

 

 

Answer:

A) By repeating words, the speaker creates a dramatic delivery to emphasize an important point.

Explanation:

In this passage, we see that the author is repeating concepts and ideas. He presents them side by side, in order to encourage a comparison in the mind of the reader. The first concept has a positive connotation, while the second one has a negative one (ex. celebration-sham, boasted liberty-unholy license, national greatness-swelling vanity, etc.) This helps create a dramatic delivery that emphasizes an important point.