study guide

Question 1

How does the author use the rhetorical question "What about the children?"?

Accepted Answer

To appeal to the audience's emotions

Question 2

What is the effect of the author's use of personal narrative in the speech?

Accepted Answer

It establishes credibility and emotional connection

Question 3

How does the author use historical references to strengthen his argument?

Accepted Answer

By demonstrating the consequences of indifference

Question 4

What is the primary rhetorical appeal used by the author in the opening paragraph of the speech?

Accepted Answer

Pathos

Question 5

What is the author's intent when discussing the intervention in Kosovo?

Accepted Answer

To show progress in preventing indifference

Question 6

Which rhetorical appeal is primarily used when the author speaks of the "Righteous Gentiles"?

Accepted Answer

pathos

Question 7

Why does the author mention Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the speech?

Accepted Answer

To question his decisions during the Holocaust

Question 8

What is the author's purpose in referencing the St. Louis incident?

Accepted Answer

To illustrate a failure in moral responsibility

Question 9

When the author discusses the potential for society to learn from past experiences, which appeal is being used?

Accepted Answer

logos

Question 10

What is the effect of the author mentioning specific tragedies such as Auschwitz and Treblinka?

Accepted Answer

To evoke an emotional response

Question 11

What is the author's purpose in discussing the failures of the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

To emphasize the need for change in the new century

Question 12

How does the author use the concept of "indifference" to further his purpose?

Accepted Answer

By highlighting its destructive nature

Question 13

What is the author's purpose in addressing indifference in the speech?

Accepted Answer

To condemn it as a greater sin than hatred

Question 14

Which rhetorical appeal is used when discussing the role of anger in creating change?

Accepted Answer

logos

Question 15

How does the author establish credibility in the speech?

Accepted Answer

By telling a personal story

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