Cesar Chavez 2015 - Introduction

Question 1

tone

Answer 1

• words like “inspired” “grown” and “matured” (uplifting)

- words like “just” “moral” “crucial importance” (earnest)

Question 2

which part of the Task defines the rhetorical techniques the Claim should be about?

Answer 2

…analyze the rhetorical choices Chavez makes…

Question 3

style

Answer 3

• not blind to the feelings of frustration, impatience and anger (listing)
• “the greater the oppression, the more…” and “the poor, the workers. the people…” (parallel structure)
• the American people and people everywhere still yearn for justice. it is to that yearning… (repetition)
• examine history (historical reference)
• time is our ally (personification)
• comparing the ‘boycott’ to an ‘instrument’ (metaphor)

Question 4

occasion

Answer 4

• on the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,