Which line in this excerpt from Jesse Jackson's "Common Ground and Common Sense" speech demonstrates the use of hypophora?
A) Leadership must meet the moral challenge of its day. What's the moral challenge of our day?
B)What's the fundamental challenge of our day? It is to end economic violence
C)Most poor people are not lazy
D)Some of them are illiterate and can't read the want-ad sections.
E) I live amongst them. I'm one of them
The correct answer is B. What's the fundamental challenge of our day? It is to end economic violence
Explanation:
In writing and speaking, the Hypophora is a technique used by the author of a text or a speaker in which he or she purpose a question and then answers it. This is commonly used to engage the audience, to point out an important aspect or to lead the discussion into a different topic. In the case of the excerpt from "Common Ground and Sense" hypophora can be seen as his author poses the question "What's the fundamental challenge of our day?" and then immediately answers it "It is to end economic violence" which probably is used to point out the most important point Jackson wants to address. Therefore, the option that demonstrates the use of hypophora is Option B as in this the author ask something and then answers it which is exactly what occurs in hypophora.
