Question

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? the phrase \stains our land and... lives\ is an example of both alliteration and synecdoche, which support an appeal to timeliness. the words beginning with \o\ suggest that audience members are lucky to be in attendance, appealing to kennedys authority. the phrases \shame and sorrow\ and \mindless menace of violence\ are examples of alliteration, creating an appeal to emotion. the first two sentences demonstrate irony because campaigns are usually upbeat, which creates an appeal to logic.

Explanation:

• Alliteration: In "shame and sorrow" and "mindless menace of violence", the repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., "sh" in "shame" and "sorrow", "m" in "mindless" and "menace") is alliteration.
• Appeal to emotion: Words like "shame", "sorrow", and "mindless menace of violence" evoke emotional responses in the audience.
• First option: "Stains our land and... lives" - alliteration (repeating "s" sounds) but synecdoche (a part representing the whole) is not clearly related to an appeal to timeliness.
• Second option: Words beginning with "o" (there are no prominent words beginning with "o" in the text that suggest luck or appeal to authority).
• Fourth option: The first two sentences ("This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics") do not demonstrate irony related to an appeal to logic. Irony would require a contrast between expectation and reality in a way that is more complex than what is presented here for a logical appeal.

Answer:

The phrases "shame and sorrow" and "mindless menace of violence" are examples of alliteration, creating an appeal to emotion.