What is best defined as a technique used by a speaker or an author to provoke an emotional response to what is being said. a. context setting b. exigency c. rhetorical device d. historical backdrop

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

explanation:

the answer to the blank is recite