How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it? is there any enjoyment in it, if his opinion is that he is aggrieved? if you are cheated out of a single dollar by your neighbor, you do not rest satisfied with knowing that you are cheated, or with saying that you are cheated, or even with petitioning him to pay you your due.
which statement best describes thoreau's rhetorical style?

a. thoreau uses parallelism to give an extended, illustrative example about abuses of power.
b. thoreau uses parallelism to reiterate his beliefs about governmental problems.
c. thoreau uses rhetorical questions to force readers to question their beliefs about government.
d. thoreau uses rhetorical questions to anticipate readers' own questions about government

C). Thoreau uses rhetorical questions to force readers to question their beliefs about government.

Explanation:

Henry David Thoreau is known for his strong ideals against the slavery and Mexican-American War which he presented in his 1849 essay 'Resistance to Civil Government'. He argues against the individual allowing the government to repeal their morals and consciences. He suggests that the government should not be allowed to shrivel their(individuals) consciences or do injustice to them.

In this excerpt, he employs rhetorical questions like ('How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it?', 'if his opinion is that he is aggrieved?') to emphasize his point and force the readers to questions their established beliefs about the government and reconsider them. Thus, option C is the correct answer.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)