Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:The statistics Dr. Swain trotted out to prove that bicycle helmets save lives miss the point that a helmet law for bicyclists infringes on individual rights.
What will be an ideal response?
"Trotted out" dismisses the statistics without argument and insinuates that they do not deserve serious consideration. The passage shows dysphemism and innuendo.
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