Question 6 (2 points) Saved
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A Rice concluded her speech with the following sentences. (In these
sentences, she uses the word catastrophe, meaning "disaster.")
H. G. Wells [a famous writer] said that history is a race between education and
catastrophe. Congratulations and welcome to the starting line.

Which type(s) of persuasive appeal is she most clearly making in these
sentences?

Question 6 options:

an appeal to authority and to emotion

an appeal to emotion only

an appeal to authority only

an appeal to reason, to authority, and to emotion

Question 7 (2 points)
Part B Which of the following points from the speech does Rice most clearly
reinforce with the sentences quoted in Part A (question 6)?

Question 7 options:

I first learned about the transforming power of education from stories about
my paternal grandfather. (paragraph 1)

[My grandfather] understood that education is a privilege. (paragraph 2)

[The] world is a better, more hopeful place than it ever has been.
(paragraph 3)

You should know that progress is not only possible, but an unfolding story
in which you have an obligation to play a part. (paragraph 5)