In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the President said,

"Can we honestly say that we are doing enough to keep our children safe from harm?"
With these words the President harnessed the power of _____.

A) A rhetorical question
B) Alliteration
C) Simile
D) Irony


A

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A) equally B) more positively C) less positively D) very positively

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You are going to inform an audience about the most effective way to learn a new language. Your audience is composed of people who already know other languages and who have traveled internationally. You will probably need to spend some time creating information hunger.

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

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a. schema b. categorization c. interpersonal script d. prototype

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