Question

excerpt from \address to the jury\ by emma goldman \would the gentlemen who came with marshal mccarthy have dared to go into the offices of morgan, of rockefeller, or of any of those men without a search warrant? they never showed us the search warrant, although we asked them for it. nevertheless, they turned our office into a battlefield, so that when they were through with it, it looked like invaded belgium, with the only difference that the invaders were not prussian barbarians but good american patriots bent on making new york safe for democracy.\ rhetoric rhetoric is the use of certain skills and techniques to persuade an audience. rhetorical appeals: • ethos - appeals to the audiences character, beliefs, and morals • pathos - appeals to the audiences emotions • logos - appeals to the audiences logic and reasoning what is the positive impact of the rhetoric in emma goldmans speech? it places the blame of her arrest on alexander berkman. it highlights the inequity of the treatment of her arrest. it praises men like rockefeller and morgan.

Explanation:

In the speech excerpt, Goldman contrasts the treatment of her office (without a search warrant) with how offices of powerful figures (Morgan, Rockefeller) would be treated (presumably with a warrant). This contrast highlights unfairness. There's no mention of blaming Alexander Berkman or praising Morgan/Rockefeller. The rhetorical question and vivid imagery (office as battlefield, like invaded Belgium) emphasize the inequity.

Answer:

It highlights the inequity of the treatment of her arrest.