Read the first paragraph of "Among Free Men."
This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for
politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only
event of today, to speak briefly to you about the
mindless menace of violence in America which again
stains our land and every one of our lives.
Which best describes how Kennedy uses rhetoric?
O The phrase "stains our land and... lives" is an
example of both alliteration and synecdoche, which
support an appeal to timeliness.
O The words beginning with "o" suggest that audience
members are lucky to be in attendance, appealing to
Kennedy's authority.
O The phrases "shame and sorrow" and "mindless
menace of violence" are examples of alliteration,
creating an appeal to emotion.
O The first two sentences demonstrate irony because
campaigns are usually upbeat, which creates an
appeal to logic.