Question

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Read this excerpt from "Hope, Despair and Memory" and answer the question.

Let us remember Job who, having lost everything - his children, his friends, his possessions, and even his argument with God - still found the strength to begin again, to rebuild his life. Job was determined not to repudiate the creation, however imperfect, that God had entrusted to him. Job, our ancestor, Job, our contemporary. His ordeal concerns all humanity. Did he ever lose his faith? If so, he rediscovered it within his rebellion. He demonstrated that faith is essential to rebellion, and that hope is possible beyond despair. The source of his hope was memory, as it must be ours.
In the above excerpt, which rhetorical device is Wiesel using?

alliteration
analogy
ethos
logos

Answer 1

Answer:

Ethos is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Elie Wiesel was an American writer (born in Romania) who was given the Nobel Price in 1986. During the ceremony, he delivered the speech Hope, Despair and Memory. Wiesel was also Jewish and he survived to the Holocaust.

Ethos is a rhetorical device used to appeal to an audience using ethical character. It is different from logos since it appeals to logic. Alliteration is a type of repetition, and an analogy is the comparison of two things.

In the excerpt, belonged to the mentioned speech, ethos is used since the speaker remarks Job's ethical character and how he behaved after losing everything by God's decision, appealing to the audience to follow his example.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ethos is the correct answer.