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Rhetorical Devices: Mastery Test
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Which example reflects ad hominem logical fallacy?
Students should protest against the principal's policy on prom parties because he's too old to und
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Spending time studying in the library every day after school is better than never cracking a book.
C. Yes, the governor has made some mistakes during his term. Former governors made mistakes too. Making mistakes is only
human, and it is a good practice to forgive people.
D. Investing in the stock market is like gambling in a casino. There's no guarantee that you'll profit.
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How does storytelling imagine the future?

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”

Who was kubla khan? a. a real person in history b. a fictional character popular in coleridge’s day c. a figure that appeared to coleridge in a dream d. a