Question

Obama's Speech at Selma, 2015" by Barack Obama The American instinct that led these young men and women to pick up the torch and cross this bridge, that’s the same instinct that moved patriots to choose revolution over tyranny. It’s the same instinct that drew immigrants from across oceans and the Rio Grande; the same instinct that led women to reach for the ballot, workers to organize against an unjust status quo; the same instinct that led us to plant a flag at Iwo Jima and on the surface of the Moon. It’s the idea held by generations of citizens who believed that America is a constant work in progress; who believed that loving this country requires more than singing its praises or avoiding uncomfortable truths. It requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what is right, to shake up the status quo. That’s America. Remarks by President Barack Obama at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches Question Use the passage to answer the question. Select the correct answers from the lists to describe the rhetorical technique the speaker uses in the first paragraph and identify the words that illustrate this technique. (1 point) The speaker uses the rhetorical technique of blank anaphora, anttithesis, personification, similie in the first paragraph of this speech excerpt. The words blank revultion over tyraniy, the surface if the moon , the samw instict, pick up the torch illustrate the use of this technique.

Answer 1

The speaker uses the rhetorical technique of **anaphora** in the first paragraph of this speech excerpt. The words **"the same instinct"** illustrate the use of this technique.

Anaphora is a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences, which emphasizes a point and creates a rhythm in the speech.