Which persuasive device in elie wiesel’s speech “keep memory alive” best supports his main idea — that we must remember because forgetting about oppression and suffering makes it more likely that history will repeat itself?
a. his use of rhetorical questions, such as: “how could the world remain silent? ”
b. his use of parallelism
c. his use of hyperbole and understatement
d. his use of repetition, particularly his repetition of the phrase: “i remember…”

Which of the following is an example of an author’s purpose for using first-person point of view?

What do critics say about art happenings and flash mobs

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.