Question

question 8 of 10
which situation describes a historian using rhetoric?

a. a historian writes a book detailing the events of an important battle during world war i.

b. a historian identifies hundreds of resources to help write a book about women’s suffrage.

c. a historian determines that a historical text is untrustworthy due to its author’s biases.

d. a historian makes a speech arguing that great britain had history’s greatest empire.

Explanation:

Rhetoric involves using persuasive language to argue a point. Option A is just detailing events, B is identifying resources, C is evaluating a text's trustworthiness. Option D has a historian making a speech to argue a claim (Great Britain had history’s greatest empire), which uses rhetoric to persuade.

Answer:

D. A historian makes a speech arguing that Great Britain had history’s greatest empire.