Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, depicts the difficult lives of immigrants in the U. S. Sinclair describes the poverty, unjust and deplorable living and working conditions , and corruption among people with power. The book was first published in serial form in a socialist newspaper, Appeal to Reason, and was dedicated to "Workingmen of America ". The following quote is an excerpt from The Jungle Into this wild -beast tangle these men had been born without their consent they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded . They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes , and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars ," ( Sinclair ). Which of the following best describes the rhetor's choice of strategies in order to communicate with his most likely primary audience of social activists and educated adults ? A. Sinclair appeals to his primary audience by describing the poor working men as people unfairly trapped/jailed without their consent, thereby playing upon the audience's sense of pathos (emotion).

B. Sinclair uses the third person voice in order to place himself in the same position as his primary audience, allowing them to empathize with his views

C. Sinclair primarily attacks the wealthy class in power by portraying them as “thieves”

D. Sinclair utilizes the metaphor of the “Jungle” to emphasize to his primary audience the “wild” danger of the city

Which of the following statements is true a. active voice avoid responsibility and should never be used

Write a summary about what you have learned about interpreting literature and presenting it to an audience.

Select the correct text in the passage. which sentence in this excerpt from abraham lincoln's second inaugural address conveys that he wanted the us civil war to end as soon as possible? neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. both read the same bible and pray to the same god, and each invokes his aid against the other. it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just inging their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. the prayers of both could not be answered. that of neither has been answered fully. the almighty has his own purposes. "woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh" if we shall suppose that american slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of god, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both north and south this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living god always ascribe to him? fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. yet, if god wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the lord are true and righteous altogether." reset next