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13. In what main way does Kennedy make an appeal to reason in this quotation
from "The Immigrant Contribution"?
Significant as the immigrant role was in politics and in the economy, the immigrant
contribution to the professions and the arts was perhaps even greater. Charles O.
Paullin's analysis of the Dictionary of American Biography shows that, of the
eighteenth- and nineteenth-century figures, 20 percent of the businessmen, 20
percent of the scholars and scientists, 23 percent of the painters, 24 percent of the
engineers, 28 percent of the architects, 29 percent of the clergymen, 46 percent of
the musicians and 61 percent of the actors were of foreign birth
a. He uses charged language with strong positive associations.
b. He appeals to readers' admiration for artists and professionals.
He makes a logical argument based mostly on facts and statistics.
d. He cites Charles O. Paullin, an expert on the topic of immigration.
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