Question
Newton Minow's Speech to National Association of Broadcasters
speech by Newton Minow
Which sentence from the text would be MOST IMPORTANT to identify the structure of this speech as problem-solution?
Responses
A Ours has been called the jet age, the atomic age, the space age.Ours has been called the jet age, the atomic age, the space age.
B Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better?Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better?
C I am also a television viewer and the husband and father of other television viewers.I am also a television viewer and the husband and father of other television viewers.
D Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day.Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day.
speech by Newton Minow
Which sentence from the text would be MOST IMPORTANT to identify the structure of this speech as problem-solution?
Responses
A Ours has been called the jet age, the atomic age, the space age.Ours has been called the jet age, the atomic age, the space age.
B Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better?Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better?
C I am also a television viewer and the husband and father of other television viewers.I am also a television viewer and the husband and father of other television viewers.
D Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day.Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day.
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The most important sentence to identify the structure of the speech as problem-solution is:
**D** "Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day."
This sentence highlights the call to action for broadcasters to address the problems in their programming and suggests they have a responsibility to provide better content, which indicates a problem (lack of quality programming) and the proposed solution (to offer more meaningful content).
**D** "Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day."
This sentence highlights the call to action for broadcasters to address the problems in their programming and suggests they have a responsibility to provide better content, which indicates a problem (lack of quality programming) and the proposed solution (to offer more meaningful content).