Question 7 of 24
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which of the following rhetorical devices is unique to speaking?
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a. creating a metaphor to interest the audience
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b. appealing to the audience's sense of humor
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c. using physical gestures to emphasize points
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d. organizing your thoughts into a logical pattern
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"Using physical gestures to emphasise the points" is the rhetoric device used in speaking.

Option (c);

EXPLANATION:  

Rhetoric device is a technique of speaking in which one tries to persuade others by their speech. The other person is convinced by evoking their emotions through speech. It is a very effective type of device to give a logical or emotional appeal.

Among the options, the third statement explains the physical parameters that frame key-points in speaking. Also, while the other statements are using a metaphor, appealing the audience's sense of humour and organising thoughts into a logical pattern is done in writing as well. Thus the third statement justified the effective way of speaking.

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)