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8.4.3 Test (CST): The Rhetoric of Speeches
Question 2 of 15
Read this passage from Susan B. Anthony's "Speech After
Being Convicted of Voting":
It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus
doing, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply
exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all
United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond
the power of any State to deny.
What does Anthony hope to achieve by placing this paragraph
at the beginning of her speech?
A. She hopes to gain her audience's trust by being
honest with them about her intentions.
B. She hopes to frighten her audience with her strong
opinions.
c. She hopes to make her audience confused by mixing
up her ideas.
D. She hopes to make her audience cry by getting them
to feel sorry for her.
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