You may take offense when another person uses the label "white trash" because this phrase

a. implies that the majority of "trash" is "non-white."
b. violates syntactic rules.
c. contains too much denotative meaning.
d. implies that human "trash" is a significant societal problem.
e. None of the above


a

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(a) It identifies the shortcomings in existing beliefs and behaviors. (b) It identifies sources of information which provide good reasons for changing belief or behavior. (c) It describes existing beliefs, policies, practices, or institutions. (d) It is a decision rule that determines what the advocate must prove in testing the propositions as a hypothesis.

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These are parts of the programming effort:

a. music selection b. delivery style c. blending of elements d. all of these e. none of these

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“My car is a friend--when I’m good to my friend, my friend takes care of me; but when I’m abusive, my friend turns into my enemy.”

This statement is an example of a. a simile b. an alliteration c. a metaphor d. amplification

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To make a distinction based on biological and genetic qualities is to make a distinction based on ____________.

A. sexism B. sex C. androgyny D. gender

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