Sasse Rhetorical Analysis Recall Quiz

Re-read the context given at the start of the prompt. The text type of this passage is

• Article

• Op-ed

• Excerpt from The Vanishing American Adult

• Speech

A rhetorical choice that Sasse uses in the first three paragraphs of the text is (select all correct options)

• Anecdote

• Personal experience

• Imagery

• Anaphora

After the question "What do our kids do today?" Sasse appeals to ethos by

• Building crediblity by relying on his personal observations as university president

• Building on his shared values with the reader as an individual from Nebraska

• Establishing trust with the reader as a person who, like many college students, held a campus job

• Evoking a sense of guilt in the reader for the ways in which they've made their children "fuzzy-headed"

"Done right, adolescence is a greenhouse phase" is most aptly described as

• a metaphor

• personification

• a call to action

• a rhetorical question

When Sasse notes, "Our efforts to protect our kids from hurt feelings, tedious chores, money worries and the like are well intentioned," what is the rhetorical effect?

• He connects with the audience of parents by conceding that their attempts at protection are "well intentioned."

• He establishes trust with the audience by admitting that he too has acted in this way as a parent.

• He evokes pity for teens who have to endure hurt feelings and tedious chores.

• He establishes a cause and effect relationship between hurt feelings and poor parenting choices.

Which of these sentences from the passage is best described as a call to action to the audience?

• "Last year, we sent our eldest child, Corrie, then 14, to spend a month working on a cattle ranch."

• "Look around your neighborhood and see what ways your kids could serve their community."

• "But she knew that her mild suffering was also a formative experience for a lifetime."

• "Older folks will benefit from the help, and your kids will gain from the perspective of people who’ve been on the planet longer than they have."