In paragraph 5, president obama remarks: “you know, when trayvon martin was first shot i said that this could have been my son. another way of saying that is trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago.” how does president obama use rhetoric in this quote to contribute to the overall meaning of his speech?

Rethoric refers to a technique in which the speaker tries to persuadethe reader to cnsidering a topic from a different perspective.

In this excerpt from paragraph 5, President Obama uses rethoric to convice his readers that all lives matter.

By saying that Trayvon Martin could have been him 35 years ago, he tries to express that is imposible to know what great things people will do in their future. He wants to highlight that life is precious and should not be taken away so easily.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

what excerpt? i would generally think a.