Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:"The people who [fought] the Soviet-backed government in Nicaragua [were] freedom fighters, just as George Washington was in our country."-Ronald Reagan

What will be an ideal response?


Rhetorical comparison.

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a. Mechanical c. Digital b. Analog d. Mechanised

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Which of the following best describes atman?

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