WGU RGM3 D269 Tasks 1–3 – Composition: Writing with a Strategy – (Passed
Task
Task 1: Analysis of a Text (Questions 1-60)
The approved texts for Task 1 analysis include the following speeches and articles:
Janet Mock: "I Am My Sister's Keeper" (Women's March on Washington Speech)
Jeff Bezos: "What Matters More Than Your Talents" (Princeton Commencement)
Malala Yousafzai: 16th Birthday Speech at the United Nations
Greta Thunberg: Speech at the UN Climate Action Summit
Brian Krebs: "Thinking of a Cybersecurity Career? Read This"
Edith Elliott & Shahed Alam: "The Most Powerful Untapped Resource in Health
Care"
Teacher Nick Capo (Jacksonville, Illinois)
,Section A: Rhetorical Situation & Text Analysis (Questions 1-20)
Question 1
In Janet Mock's "I Am My Sister's Keeper" speech, what is the primary purpose of
the text?
A) To celebrate the inauguration of President Trump
B) To raise awareness for those facing social injustice, including transgender
people, people of color, and sex workers
C) To promote a new political party platform
D) To criticize the Women's March organization
Answer: B
Rationale: Janet Mock's speech purpose is explicitly stated: "to raise awareness
for those who suffer social injustice, such as transgender people, people of color,
and sex workers" . She delivered the speech at the 2017 Women's March in
Washington to advocate for inclusion of all marginalized communities. The text
focuses on collective liberation and solidarity, not party politics or organizational
critique.
Question 2
,What is the context of Janet Mock's "I Am My Sister's Keeper" speech?
A) A graduation ceremony at Princeton University
B) The day after President Trump's inauguration at the Women's March on
Washington
C) A United Nations climate summit
D) A cybersecurity conference keynote address
Answer: B
Rationale: The context is explicitly described: "the context of the text is collective
liberation and solidarity. It is my commitment to getting us free that keeps me
marching." The speech was given at the Women's March on Washington, which
occurred on January 21, 2017—the day after President Trump's inauguration .
This historical moment of political transition shaped the urgency and purpose of
the address.
Question 3
In her Women's March speech, Janet Mock states: "I know with surpassing
certainty that my liberation is directly linked to the liberation of the
undocumented trans Latina yearning for refuge." This is an example of which
rhetorical appeal?
, A) Ethos (appeal to credibility)
B) Pathos (appeal to emotion)
C) Logos (appeal to logic)
D) Kairos (appeal to timing)
Answer: C
Rationale: This is an example of logos because "it uses logic rather than emotions
to make a claim. Janet is connecting her own struggles to the crowd's" . The
statement follows a logical structure: if her liberation is linked to others'
liberation, then fighting for collective freedom is rationally necessary. This
contrasts with pathos, which would emphasize emotional suffering directly.
Question 4
Janet Mock states: "I stand here today most of all because I am my sister's keeper.
My sisters and siblings are being beaten and brutalized, neglected and
invisibilizied, extinguished and exiled." This sentence primarily uses which
rhetorical appeal?
A) Ethos
B) Pathos
Task
Task 1: Analysis of a Text (Questions 1-60)
The approved texts for Task 1 analysis include the following speeches and articles:
Janet Mock: "I Am My Sister's Keeper" (Women's March on Washington Speech)
Jeff Bezos: "What Matters More Than Your Talents" (Princeton Commencement)
Malala Yousafzai: 16th Birthday Speech at the United Nations
Greta Thunberg: Speech at the UN Climate Action Summit
Brian Krebs: "Thinking of a Cybersecurity Career? Read This"
Edith Elliott & Shahed Alam: "The Most Powerful Untapped Resource in Health
Care"
Teacher Nick Capo (Jacksonville, Illinois)
,Section A: Rhetorical Situation & Text Analysis (Questions 1-20)
Question 1
In Janet Mock's "I Am My Sister's Keeper" speech, what is the primary purpose of
the text?
A) To celebrate the inauguration of President Trump
B) To raise awareness for those facing social injustice, including transgender
people, people of color, and sex workers
C) To promote a new political party platform
D) To criticize the Women's March organization
Answer: B
Rationale: Janet Mock's speech purpose is explicitly stated: "to raise awareness
for those who suffer social injustice, such as transgender people, people of color,
and sex workers" . She delivered the speech at the 2017 Women's March in
Washington to advocate for inclusion of all marginalized communities. The text
focuses on collective liberation and solidarity, not party politics or organizational
critique.
Question 2
,What is the context of Janet Mock's "I Am My Sister's Keeper" speech?
A) A graduation ceremony at Princeton University
B) The day after President Trump's inauguration at the Women's March on
Washington
C) A United Nations climate summit
D) A cybersecurity conference keynote address
Answer: B
Rationale: The context is explicitly described: "the context of the text is collective
liberation and solidarity. It is my commitment to getting us free that keeps me
marching." The speech was given at the Women's March on Washington, which
occurred on January 21, 2017—the day after President Trump's inauguration .
This historical moment of political transition shaped the urgency and purpose of
the address.
Question 3
In her Women's March speech, Janet Mock states: "I know with surpassing
certainty that my liberation is directly linked to the liberation of the
undocumented trans Latina yearning for refuge." This is an example of which
rhetorical appeal?
, A) Ethos (appeal to credibility)
B) Pathos (appeal to emotion)
C) Logos (appeal to logic)
D) Kairos (appeal to timing)
Answer: C
Rationale: This is an example of logos because "it uses logic rather than emotions
to make a claim. Janet is connecting her own struggles to the crowd's" . The
statement follows a logical structure: if her liberation is linked to others'
liberation, then fighting for collective freedom is rationally necessary. This
contrasts with pathos, which would emphasize emotional suffering directly.
Question 4
Janet Mock states: "I stand here today most of all because I am my sister's keeper.
My sisters and siblings are being beaten and brutalized, neglected and
invisibilizied, extinguished and exiled." This sentence primarily uses which
rhetorical appeal?
A) Ethos
B) Pathos
