Emily continues to develop her persuasive speech. She decides that she wants her audience to write their congressional representatives and urge the UN to intervene in the conflict over the Gaza strip because of the unethical human rights violations of the people of Gaza. Emily is developing a persuasive speech on a question of

ANSWER: POLICY

EXPLANATION: POLICY PERSUASIVE SPEECH refers to a speech given to convince an audience to either accept or reject a policy.

However, persuasive speaking on a questions of policy, advocates a change from the status quo (the state of things; the way things are, opposing the original state). Hence, the speaker wants the proposition disseminated in the speech to become policy.

Thus, Emily writing her audience towards their congressional representatives and urge the UN to intervene in an conflict (i.e addressing the state of conditions in Gaza, opposing how it's expected to be), is a persuasive speech on a question of policy.

dramatic irony occurs when the reader/audience knows more about a character's situation than the character does. the one main effect is that it gives the reader a sense of superiority, or detached superiority. the reader not only seemingly discovers what is revealed, but feels superior for doing so.

the answer is d: message a character's thoughts