Question
Read the excerpt from Yves’s rhetorical analysis essay of Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech. Yves wants to revise the essay to improve his analysis.
Chisholm says, "Those of you who can now vote for the first time, those of you who agree with me that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it, those of you who have been neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned aside for whatever reason: Give me your help at this hour.” In these lines, she uses parallelism and diction to make her speech resonate with people who have felt excluded from the political conversation.
Which sentence is the best addition to improve his analysis?
A: Chisholm’s strong, forceful words describe the ways her listeners have felt in the past.
B: Chisholm’s mention of “those of you who agree with me” creates a direct link to her listeners.
C: Chisholm’s listing of the words “neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned” accentuates the problems many listeners experienced and connects listeners to her as a solution.
D: Chisholm’s reference to first-time voters highlights the new perspective she will bring to governing underrepresented citizens.
Chisholm says, "Those of you who can now vote for the first time, those of you who agree with me that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it, those of you who have been neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned aside for whatever reason: Give me your help at this hour.” In these lines, she uses parallelism and diction to make her speech resonate with people who have felt excluded from the political conversation.
Which sentence is the best addition to improve his analysis?
A: Chisholm’s strong, forceful words describe the ways her listeners have felt in the past.
B: Chisholm’s mention of “those of you who agree with me” creates a direct link to her listeners.
C: Chisholm’s listing of the words “neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned” accentuates the problems many listeners experienced and connects listeners to her as a solution.
D: Chisholm’s reference to first-time voters highlights the new perspective she will bring to governing underrepresented citizens.
Answers
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C: Chisholm’s listing of the words “neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned” accentuates the problems many listeners experienced and connects listeners to her as a solution.
This sentence improves Yves's analysis by delving deeper into the impact of Chisholm's diction on her audience, emphasizing how her language resonates with their experiences and positions her as a figure of support and change.
This sentence improves Yves's analysis by delving deeper into the impact of Chisholm's diction on her audience, emphasizing how her language resonates with their experiences and positions her as a figure of support and change.