"According to the December 3, 2012 Issue of Time Magazine

question 19

Multiple Choice

"According to the December 3, 2012 issue of Time magazine, 3.37 million South African children under the age of 17 have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Sixty-four percent of those children are being raised by their grandmothers." This speech introduction, meant to shock and arouse the audience, is called a

• A) quotation.
• B) rhetorical question.
• C) narrative.
• D) startling statement.

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