Question

1. read the following sentence from the article. “the windows on the house were shaking and rattling, and you could see the chimney on the house cracked all the way down,” says foster, who was a few days shy of her 10th birthday. “that’s about all i remember of that, but i never will forget it.” which answer choice explains how the speaker uses rhetoric in this sentence to help form her overall argument? (a) foster appeals to the emotions of the reader by recounting her personal experience with nuclear testing. (b) foster appeals to the reader’s sense of logic by explaining the negative consequences of nuclear testing. (c) foster uses her credibility as a scientific expert to prove that she is a reliable source. (d) foster uses a comparison between conventional bombs and nuclear weapons to emphasize the unique danger of nuclear fallout.

Explanation:

Foster recounts her personal experience of the house - windows shaking and chimney cracking. This is an emotional appeal as it draws on the reader's feelings by sharing a vivid and memorable personal moment related to an event (presumably nuclear - related given the context). She is not using logic to explain negative consequences, nor is she presenting herself as a scientific expert, nor making a comparison between conventional and nuclear weapons.

Answer:

A. Foster appeals to the emotions of the reader by recounting her personal experience with nuclear testing.