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Read the excerpt from "The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes."
In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles, and rain forests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
Did you have to worry about these little things when you were my age?
Suzuki most likely asks this question to make her audience feel
disappointed.
ashamed.
helpless.
annoyed.
Answer: ashamed.
Explanation:
When Severn Cullis-Suzuki, head of the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), spoke in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, she was 12 years old. She made a rhetorical question, as she knew that her audience hadn´t been bothered with environmental issues before.
Rhetorical questions are often used to persuade the public.
