Question

Days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress, asking for a declaration of war. What is the purpose of repetition in this excerpt from his speech?

Answer 1

C. to highlight the number of casualties suffered from Japan's attack.

Answer 2

C. to highlight the number of casualties suffered from Japan's attack.

He explicitly wanted congressional support along with the populace to declare that due to Japan's unprovoked cowardly attack on Sunday 7 December, there was a state of war between the United States and the Empire of Japan, and that there was no doubt in the fact that the American people, their interests and their territory were in great danger