Question

Read the passage.

Answer 1

Part A

to inform the American people of Japan's attack on the US and other places in the Pacific 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

He uses repetition, employing the phrase "last night" several times, to stress the number of coordinated attacks carried out by the Japanese is the correct option.

"Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.// Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.// Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.// Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. .."

Answer 2

Part A:

Answer

One of Roosevelt's purposes was to inform the American people of Japan's attack on the US and other places in the Pacific.

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.

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.

This is definitely the rhetoric that applies to advance his purpose from part A. The other options wouldn't apply.