Question

Read this passage from FDR’s First Inaugural Address. What persuasive technique is he using in this passage?

This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.


Appeal to logic


Bias


Appeal to emotion


Repetition


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Answer 1

Based on the passage from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address, the persuasive technique he used was appeal to emotion. This is because he did not relay any factual information but rather he aimed to gain the people's sympathy. This was evident especially in the statement: "This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper."