Speaking and Listening: Planning a Multimedia Presentation — Cumulative exam
Question 4 • GA-Literature and Composition I A
Read the excerpt from "A Latina Judge’s Voice” by Sonia Sotomayor.There is always a danger embedded in relative morality, but since judging is a series of choices that we must make, that I am forced to make, I hope that I can make them by informing myself on the questions I must not avoid asking and continuously pondering. We, I mean all of us in this room, must continue individually and in voices united in organizations that have supported this conference, to think about these questions and to figure out how we go about creating the opportunity for there to be more women and people of color on the bench so we can finally have statistically significant numbers to measure the differences we will and are making.
Answer
A
to pose a series of questions to the reader
B
to provide a call to action for the reader
C
to address a counterpoint to the speaker’s argument
D
to give evidence that supports the speaker’s argument
Explanation
Sotomayor urges the audience to keep thinking about important questions and to work together to create more opportunities for women and people of color to become judges. This is a call to action: she asks readers to take part in efforts toward change. The excerpt does raise questions, but its main purpose is not simply to pose them; it encourages people to act.
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