What is rhetoric? A: Writing that uses figures of speech and allusions

B: Writing that deliberately creates emotional impact

C: Writing that forces your audience to think a certain way

D: Writing that casually draws the audience to a topic
Edit: Just did the test and the answer is B

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."