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Read the following excerpt from John F. Kennedy's "Rice Stadium Moon Speech" and answer the question that follows. Space and related industries are generating new demands in investment and skilled personnel, and this city and this State, and this region, will share greatly in this growth. What was once the furthest outpost on the old frontier of the West will be the furthest outpost on the new frontier of science and space. Houston, your City of Houston, with its Manned Spacecraft Center, will become the heart of a large scientific and engineering community. During the next 5 years the National Aeronautics and Space Administration expects to double the number of scientists and engineers in this area, to increase its outlays for salaries and expenses to $60 million a year; to invest some $200 million in plant and laboratory facilities; and to direct or contract for new space efforts over $1 billion from this Center in this City. Which rhetorical appeal is most prevalent in this excerpt? Ethos Kairos Logos Pathos Question 6(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) (04.03 MC) Read the following excerpt from John F. Kennedy's "Rice Stadium Moon Speech" and answer the question that follows. No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense, if you will, the 50,000 years of man's recorded history in a time span of but a half-century. Stated in these terms, we know very little about the first 40 years, except at the end of them advanced man had learned to use the skins of animals to cover them. Then about 10 years ago, under this standard, man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter. Only five years ago man learned to write and use a cart with wheels. Christianity began less than two years ago. The printing press came this year, and then less than two months ago, during this whole 50-year span of human history, the steam engine provided a new source of power. Newton explored the meaning of gravity. Last month electric lights and telephones and automobiles and airplanes became avai

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In the provided excerpt from John F. Kennedy's "Rice Stadium Moon Speech," the most prevalent rhetorical appeal is Logos.

Logos is an appeal to logic and reason. In this excerpt, Kennedy presents a logical argument by outlining the rapid technological advancements and progress that humanity has made over a relatively short span of time, emphasizing how far and how fast humanity has come in terms of scientific and technological achievements. He uses a chronological sequence of historical events to support his argument, appealing to the audience's sense of reason and the logical progression of human history to justify the space exploration efforts and investments he is discussing.