Question

"Barbara Jordan Remarks on Impeachment, July, 1974"
by Barbara Jordan

If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th-century Constitution should be abandoned to a 20th-century paper shredder!



Rep. Barbara Jordan's remarks on impeachment during Watergate

Question
Use the passage from a speech by Representative Barbara Jordan to answer the question.

Which rhetorical techniques are demonstrated in this passage? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

rhetorical conditional
rhetorical conditional

metaphor
metaphor

hyperbole
hyperbole

anaphora
anaphora

juxtaposition
juxtaposition

Answer 1

Correct answers: rhetorical conditional and metaphor.

- Rhetorical conditional: The sentence uses an "If... then..." structure to make a point.
- Metaphor: Saying the Constitution "should be abandoned to a 20th-century paper shredder" compares destroying the Constitution to shredding, a figurative image.