Question

which rhetorical technique is shown in the following excerpt from doe’s speech?
then an amazing opportunity came to me, and i became the youngest visiting practitioner at the massachusetts institute of technology. mit. i was also privileged to meet the president of harvard university. as a young boy, i could not believe it. david sanger, the founder of global minimum and innovate salone got thnkr to do a video of my story, which was later posted on youtube.
○ rhetorical questioning
○ ethos
○ pathos
○ logos

Explanation:

Ethos is a rhetorical technique that appeals to credibility or character. In the excerpt, Doe mentions being the youngest visiting practitioner at MIT and meeting the president of Harvard, as well as working with David Sanger (founder of an organization) and having a video posted on YouTube. These details establish his credibility and background, which is characteristic of the ethos technique. Rhetorical questioning involves asking questions for effect, pathos appeals to emotion, and logos appeals to logic—none of these match as well as ethos here.

Answer:

C. ethos (assuming the option for ethos is labeled as such; if the options are A. rhetorical questioning, B. ethos, C. pathos, D. logos, then the answer would be B. ethos with the appropriate label based on the original options' numbering/lettering)