Question: "A presidential candidate pushing for health care reform talks about Ms. Johnson of Nashville, Tennessee, who cant afford her prescription for diabetes. Which device is the candidate using?"
Answer: "When a speaker is trying to raise the interest of a topic and make it the main focus to the listener's POV, one of the strategies they use is a quick, short-term reference to help encourage their speech. Another word for this skill is an anecdote. The presidential candidate wants to convince the audience to support the access to health care for everyone in society. So, to do this, she uses Ms. Johnson and her lack of access to her prescription for her diabetes as an example to show viewers we need to help decline the cost of medicine to those who need it. Hence, 'Option B) anecdote' would be the correct option out of the ones provided above."
