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 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.

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.

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.

there purpose is to entertain