Question

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

Today I am an inquisitor. An hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.



Rep. Barbara Jordan's remarks on impeachment during Watergate

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What effect does the author’s use of repetition have on her argument?

(1 point)
Responses

It weakens the author’s argument.
It weakens the author’s argument.

It leaves the author’s intentions ambiguous.
It leaves the author’s intentions ambiguous.

It adds humor and lightheartedness.
It adds humor and lightheartedness.

It makes the argument more powerful.

Answer 1

It makes the argument more powerful.

Repetition ("whole; it is complete; it is total") emphasizes her conviction and strengthens the emotional and rhetorical force of her argument.