Part A Read this passage from Into the Wild and
then answer the questions.
What type of rhetorical appeal does the
author use in this passage?
A. Logical reasoning, supported by
evidence, facts, or quotations
B. Emotional language
O C. Repetition of key words and phrases
O D. Direct address to the reader
Part B
With the battery dead there was no way to
get the Datsun running. If he hoped to get
the car back to a paved road, McCandless
had no choice but to walk out and notify
the authorities of his predicament. If he
went to the rangers, however, they would
have some irksome questions for him: Why
had he ignored posted regulations and
driven down the wash in the first place?
Was he aware that the vehicle's registration
had expired two years before and had not
been renewed? Did he know that his
drivers license had also expired, and the
vehicle was uninsured as well?
Which sentence or phrase from the
passage supports your answer?
O A. “McCandless had no choice but to walk
out and notify the authorities of his
predicament."
OB. "Did he know that his drivers license had
also expired, and the vehicle was
uninsured as well?"
C. "He saw the flash flood as an opportunity
to shed unnecessary baggage."
OD." he arranged all his paper currency in
a pile on the sand-a pathetic little stack
of ones and fives and twenties--and put a
match to it."
Truthful responses to these queries were
not likely to be well received by the
rangers. McCandless could endeavor to
explain that he answered to statutes of a
higher order—that as a latter-day adherent
of Henry David Thoreau, he took as gospel
the essay “On the Duty of Civil
Disobedience" and thus considered it his
moral responsibility to flout the laws of the
state. It was improbable, however, that