Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:Orlando is a little town with friendly and helpful residents. Still, you might not want to live there. In the summer it's hotter than the Sahara Desert.

What will be an ideal response?


Downplayer and a rhetorical comparison that borders on hyperbole.

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According to Mackie, if something is called good because it satisfies a desire, this fact can count as an objective value

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Recasting David's historical experience, the Chronicler portrays him as an ideal type of which community leader?

A. warrior B. judge C. administrator D. priest

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According to Kant, beauty:

1. exists in the objective world. 2. does not exist. 3. has both an objective and a subjective component. 4. is never pleasurable.

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