Question

Read the passage from "Optimism.”

A poet once said I must be happy because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a beautiful dream. I do live in a beautiful dream; but that dream is the actual, the present,—not cold, but warm; not bare, but furnished with a thousand blessings. The very evil which the poet supposed would be a cruel disillusionment is necessary to the fullest knowledge of joy.

Keller achieves her purpose of convincing the audience by using a

A.fact.
B.quotation.
C.rebuttal.
D.statistic.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option B. "quotation".

Explanation:

The passage from the essay "Optimism" by Helen Keller shown in the question, states that in order to achieve fullest knowledge of joy is necessary to accept the cruel disillusionment of reality. The author uses a phrase from a poet to support her argument, therefore she uses a quotation to convince the audience that her idea is correct.

Answer 2

Keller achieves her purpose of convincing the audience by using a B. Quotation.

What is a quotation?

This is known as a group of words gotten from a text repeated by someone who is not the original speaker.

Hence, we can see that in the passage from the essay Optimism, the author uses a phrase from the poet to support her argument, a quotation was used to convince the audience.

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