Question

What does Roosevelt accomplish by opening his speech with a description of the muckraker? A. He appeals to the audience's sense of emotion. B. He helps the audience vividly recall the character from Pilgrim's Progress. C. He illustrates the theme of good versus evil. D. He makes a comparison between the man with the muck-rake and journalists.

Answer 1

The right answer is C. He illustrates the theme of good versus evil. When the President opened his speech with a description of a muckraker he gave an explanation of his perspective of what bad or evil is and related the job of journalists to revealing this evil.

Answer 2

One of the main things that Roosevelt accomplished by opening his speech with a description of the muckraker is that "C. He illustrates the theme of good versus evil" since muckrakers exposed corruption.