read the excerpt from \a latina judges voice\ by hon. sonia sotomayor. let us not forget that between the…

read the excerpt from \a latina judges voice\ by hon. sonia sotomayor. let us not forget that between the appointments of justice sandra day oconnor in 1981 and justice ginsburg in 1992, eleven years passed. similarly, between justice kayes initial appointment as an associate judge to the new york court of appeals in 1983, and justice ciparicks appointment in 1993, ten years elapsed. almost nine years later, we are waiting for a third appointment of a woman to both the supreme court and the new york court of appeals and of a second minority, male or female, preferably hispanic, to the supreme court. in 1992 when i joined the bench, there were still two out of 13 circuit courts and about 53 out of 92 district courts in which no women sat. at the beginning of september of 2001, there are women sitting in all 13 circuit courts. the first, fifth, eighth and federal circuits each have only one female judge, however, out the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. overstatement. ethos. shift.

read the excerpt from \a latina judges voice\ by hon. sonia sotomayor. let us not forget that between the appointments of justice sandra day oconnor in 1981 and justice ginsburg in 1992, eleven years passed. similarly, between justice kayes initial appointment as an associate judge to the new york court of appeals in 1983, and justice ciparicks appointment in 1993, ten years elapsed. almost nine years later, we are waiting for a third appointment of a woman to both the supreme court and the new york court of appeals and of a second minority, male or female, preferably hispanic, to the supreme court. in 1992 when i joined the bench, there were still two out of 13 circuit courts and about 53 out of 92 district courts in which no women sat. at the beginning of september of 2001, there are women sitting in all 13 circuit courts. the first, fifth, eighth and federal circuits each have only one female judge, however, out the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. overstatement. ethos. shift.

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Brief Explanations:

Parallelism is a rhetorical technique where similar grammatical structures are used. In the excerpt, the author presents similar structures when talking about the time gaps between appointments (e.g., between the appointments of... eleven years passed. Similarly, between... ten years elapsed). This repetition of structure is parallelism. Overstatement would be exaggeration which isn't present. Ethos is an appeal to credibility (not shown here). Shift refers to a change in tone, topic etc. which also isn't the case.

Answer:

parallelism.