Question

today is a day for mourning and remembering. nancy and i are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle challenger. we know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. this is truly a national loss. weve grown used to wonders in this century. its hard to dazzle us. but for twenty - five years the united states space program has been doing just that. weve grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that weve only just begun. were still pioneers. they, the members of the challenger crew, were pioneers. and i want to say something to the school children of america who were watching the live coverage of the shuttles takeoff. i know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. its all part of the process of exploration and discovery. its all part of taking a chance and expanding mans horizons. the future doesnt belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. the challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and well continue to follow them. . . . adapted from ronald reagan, the space shuttle challenger tragedy address in the text in bold, what rhetorical strategy does ronald reagan use? he compares his audience to pioneers. he provides evidence for his argument. he empathizes with his audiences emotions.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: The bold text doesn't compare the audience to pioneers (it says the Challenger crew were pioneers), so this is incorrect.
2. Analyze the second option: The bold text is an expression of shared pain, not providing evidence for an argument, so this is incorrect.
3. Analyze the third option: The phrase "Nancy and I are pained... We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country" shows Reagan acknowledging and sharing the audience's emotional pain (empathizing with their emotions), so this is correct.

Answer:

He empathizes with his audience's emotions.