Question

use the passages to answer the question.
what might be a sentence the second author could add to the end of the excerpt to use a rhetorical strategy similar to the first authors?
(1 point)
this is not fair, and we must take action at once!
a woman elected to congress should carry no more attention than a man being elected.
is this not true?
i have spent decades studying this, and i know it to be true.
\patrick henry speech\
by patrick henry
they tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. but when shall we be stronger? will it be the next week, or the next year? will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a british guard shall be stationed in every house? shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the god of nature hath placed in our power. the millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. there is a just god who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. besides, sir, we have no election. if we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. there is no retreat but in submission and slavery! our chains are forged! their clanking may be heard on the plains of boston! the war is inevitable--and let it come! i repeat it, sir, let it come.
give me liberty or give me death, patrick henry, march 23, 1775

Explanation:

The first author (Patrick Henry) uses rhetorical questions (e.g., "But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week...?") and repetition (e.g., "let it come" repeated). The option "Is this not true?" is a rhetorical question, similar to the first author’s use of rhetorical questions to engage the audience and emphasize a point. The other options: "This is not fair..." is a direct statement, "A woman... " is a declarative statement on a different topic, and "I have spent... " is an appeal to authority/experience, not matching the first author’s rhetorical strategy of rhetorical questions or repetition.

Answer:

C. Is this not true?