Question

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which sentence best demonstrates the use of an emotional appeal in the adapted excerpt from John F. Kennedy's "inaugural Address"?
We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom--symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as
change. For i have sworn before you the same oath our forebears recommended nearly a century and three quarters ago.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to remove all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And
yet the same revolutionary beliefs that our forebears fought for are still an issue in the world today; the belief that the rights of man come not from the
generosity of the state but from our intended purpose.
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the
torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. Americans born in this century, changed by war, disciplined by peace, proud of our heritage,
and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are
committed today at home and around the world.

Answer 1

The sentence that best demonstrates the use of an emotional appeal in the adapted excerpt from John F. Kennedy's "inaugural Address" is: "Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans." This sentence is emotional because it conveys a sense of responsibility, urgency, and pride in the audience, calling on them to take up the torch of freedom and carry it forward into a new era.