Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:It is, of course, conceivable that the Qaddafi regime has nothing to do with terrorist attacks on Israeli airports, but...

What will be an ideal response?


The downplaying "but" makes it almost certain that "conceivable" is functioning here as a weaseler.

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B. Second Isaiah and Jeremiah C. Joel and Third Isaiah D. Zechariah and Daniel

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Which of these best describes modus ponens?

a. If P, then Q. Q. There P. b. If P then Q Not Q. Therefore Not P c. If P then Q. Not P. Therefore Not Q. d. If P Then Q. P. Therefore Q.

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Delany's views were more similar to those of King, whereas those of Douglass matched those of Malcolm

X.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What subfield of philosophy is concerned with the ultimate characteristics of reality or existence?

a. Epistemology b. Axiology c. Metaphysics d. Science

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