Question

Read this excerpt from the text.

We have felt the ground shake and the air shattered by the testing of a Saturn C-1 booster rocket, many times as powerful as the Atlas which launched John Glenn, generating power equivalent to 10,000 automobiles with their accelerators on the floor. What is the intent of the imagery used to describe the effects of the booster rockets?

Kennedy works to demonstrate the need for improved rocket technology by exaggerating the impact of the engine noise.

In describing the physical impact of the rocket engines,
Kennedy believes the audience will consider the risk in pursuing a space program.

By demonstrating the awesome force of rocket technology, Kennedy hopes the audience will be inspired to support expansion of the space program.

Kennedy wants to establish dominance over other countries by stressing the potentially dangerous effects of America’s rockets.

Answer 1

The answer is C: "By demonstrating the awesome force of rocket technology, Kennedy hopes the audience will be inspired to support expansion of the space program."

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Answer 2

Answer: C) By demonstrating the awesome force of rocket technology, Kennedy hopes the audience will be inspired to support expansion of the space program.

Step-by-step explanation: Imagery is a literary device that consists in the use of detailed descriptions in order to evoke the reader's senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell or taste) and to create an image in the reader's mind. In the given excerpt we can see that Kennedy uses imagery to explain the force of rocket technology ("generating power equivalent to 10,000 automobiles with their accelerators on the floor") in this way he hopes the audience will be inspired to support expansion of the space program.