Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?He'll never make a good wide receiver becausea. he has trouble holding onto the ball.b. he has bricks for hands.c. he can't catch.d. no self-respecting football would like to be in his hands.
What will be an ideal response?
These are easy to answer; the point is to consider how many positive and negative ways there are to say essentially the same thing, and then to learn to control the emotive meaning of one's own remarks. Besides, these can be fun.
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A. five B. ten C. twenty D. forty
Believers are supposed to behave well because
A. one can't be a Christian with any of the "vices" listed in Colossians. B. if they don't they won't get to heaven. C. they must obey the Law. D. they are being re-created in Christ's nature and "image."
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."If the legislature can get away with requiring background checks, it will be encouraged to go forward with universal registration of guns, then to eventual banning of gun ownership. Let's not start down this path."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Some early converts who, in an apocalyptic fervor, thought the Parousia was extremely close, refused to
A. eat. B. get out of bed in the morning. C. pay taxes. D. work and support themselves.