During the 20th century, rhetoric came to mean more than just “the art of persuasion.” which of following definitions correctly describes rethoric’s broader meaning

a. any medium used to modify the audience’s view

b. any communication used to modify the perspectives of others

c. any persuasion used to convince the audience of the authors’ rightness

d. any manipulation used to convince the audience of the author’s rightness

The right answer is: A) Any medium(...)audience view. In principle, rhetoric dealt with spoken language, but its knowledge transcended written discourse and strongly influenced literature when the written word gained prestige in the imperial regime in Rome, although the written discourse is usually considered as a limited transcription or a close imitation of oral discourse. At present, rhetoric has experienced a great resurgence and its teachings are used in advertising, academia, politics, as well in the defense of points of view during civil trials. On the other hands, thanks to new audiovisual technologies we can speak of a rhetoric of the image, since through an image or video we can talk about something using rhetorical figures (metaphor, metonymy, prosopopeia, personification, and other language expressions).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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noun: a temporary state of mind or feeling.

adjective: (especially of music) inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind.

examples:

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