“That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J. K. Rowling's-who wrote Harry Potter-her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed." Which choice best explains President Obama's use of a rhetorical device in
this paragraph?
- He uses a call to action to motivate the audience to do something.
- He uses examples to provide logical support for the argument.
- He uses loaded language to evoke the emotions of the audience.
- He uses a counterclaim to acknowledge the opposing argument.