Asked by john

Ladies and gentlemen, there are people living in our community today who need our help. These people have no beds to sleep on, no food to eat, and no clean water to drink. They are tired, hungry, and desperate. It is our responsibility to help these people. Don't you agree that something needs to be done right now? These people are feeling like rafts adrift on the ocean. They have no one to turn to and nowhere to go. I must have written a million letters to the council, but have had no response. That's why it is up to those of us here today to take action.
Read this sentence from the passage. Which BEST describes the technique used by the writer in this sentence?

Don't you agree that something needs to be done right now?
a
rhetorical question
b
figurative language
c
emotional appeal
d
hyperbole

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a — rhetorical question. It's asked for effect to persuade the audience, not to elicit an actual answer.