When legislators argue about raising taxes to pay for new roads, they are engaging in _____ rhetoric

a. deliberative
b. social
c. epideictic
d. cultural


Answer: a

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A) constraint. B) opportunity C) means. D) exigence. E) invention.

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All of the following is true about deceptive advertising, EXCEPT:

a. advertisers will claim that their product is the best in their “class” without specifying what that class is b. advertisers can be fined if they present factual claims without having evidence to support it c. advertisers often make claims that can be proven as false d. all of the above are true

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John was talking to his neighbor across the street about his lawn. His neighbor was standing there nodding his head but his mind was elsewhere. What was the neighbor engaging in?

a. Pseudolistening b. Selective listening c. Mindful listening d. Defensive listening

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In 2001, the Sixth Circuit overruled the administrative censorship of a student publication at a public university, upholding its First Amendment rights. The case:

a) Hosty v. Carter; b) Papish v. Board of Curators; c) Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia; d) Kincaid v. Gibson; e) Board of Regents v. Southworth.

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