Archie opened his speech about the benefits of mainstreaming students with disabilities in the school system by telling about his sister, who succeeded in high school despite being confined to a wheelchair after a car accident. This type of introduction relies on __________.

A. an analogy
B. an anecdote
C. humor
D. a rhetorical question


Answer: B

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

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At the 2015 funeral of Beau Biden, former Delaware attorney general and son of Vice President Joe Biden, Beau's younger brother Hunter Biden gave a eulogy, stating in part, "We will always be one family. You are at the center of the greatest love." The younger Biden's goal during his eulogy was to

A. give honor. B. persuade. C. entertain. D. introduce.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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