Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:The antigun people think that just as soon as guns are outlawed, crime will disappear, and we'll all live together as one big, happy family.

What will be an ideal response?


This trades on a stereotype; it's an excellent opening for a straw man.

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One characteristic of gender feminists is that they question the validity of the Enlightenment tradition

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Identify for which claims, if any, support has been given in the following passage; and state in your own words the reasons that have been offered for these claims."The arrogance of some State Department and U.S. Information Agency employees who took luxury cruises at government expense is shameful.""Instead of flying by economy class to and from their overseas assignments, some traveled on the Queen Elizabeth or other cruise ships." Costs of the ocean voyages averaged $6,084, nearly four times the average airline cost of $1,665."One family of four billed the government $21,956 for a 26-day voyage along the eastern coast of South America. A couple were paid $13,761 for a 24-day trip from Bangkok to Honolulu." One official sent in a bill for $12,270 for a Mississippi River cruise on the

Delta Queen."That's not all. The time spent on the cruises was considered by the department to be duty-not vacation.""General Accounting Office" investigators said they were told by foreign service officers that ocean travel was considered "a fringe benefit.""If that is the case, the fringes are due for a good trimming."-Omaha World-Herald What will be an ideal response?

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p :: (p • p) expresses which rule of equivalence?

A. conjunction B. distribution C. commutation D. redundancy

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Jains believe that karma is a spiritual essence

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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