<em>to inform the American people of Japan's attack on the US and other places in the Pacific </em>is one of Roosevelt's purposes for delivering this speech. We can see this in these parts of the excerpt: "bombing in the American Island of Oahu, .."; "The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands .....";
Part B
<em>He uses repetition, employing the phrase "last night" several times, to stress the number of coordinated attacks carried out by the Japanese </em>is the correct option.
"<u>Last night</u> Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.// <u>Last night</u> Japanese forces attacked Guam.// <u>Last night</u> Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.// <em>Last night</em> the Japanese attacked Wake Island. .."
One of Roosevelt's purposes was to inform the American people of Japan's attack on the US and other places in the Pacific.
<em>The other possible answer is the one that mentions Japan being an ally of the Nazis, however the word "Nazi" is never mentioned on the speech.</em>
Part B:
Answer
He uses repetition, employing the word ¨attack¨ over and over, to inspire Americans to join the armed forces and aggressively take on the enemy.
<em>This is definitely the rhetoric that applies to advance his purpose from part A. The other options wouldn't apply.</em>