Joe states, "we're just going to assess the current hardware and software. that's something that we can even just send out a memo to the current employees and ask, you know, what's working and what isn't working." simon responds, "you're going to get an opinion from every employee? are you kidding? " what form of question is simon using?

Rhetorical question

Explanation:

A rhetorical question is a question someone asks not to receive an answer but to emphasize a point. Rhetorical questions are often used for literary effect or as a tool of persuasion. The question might not have an answer at all (e.g. Why me? Why bother? What's the meaning of life?) or it might have an obvious answer (e.g. Is rain wet? Do pigs fly?). Rhetorical questions can also raise doubt (e.g. Or was it?).

As the word rhetorical implies, these questions are used as a figure of speech.

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)

i feel like it is actually b.