Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival," in which the author relates a story told by a retired Los Angeles police officer.
Denial, which psychologists call the "incredulity response." is almost universal, even among
individuals with excellent training. David Klinger, a retired Los Angeles police officer, describes in his
book into the Kill Zone that while moonlighting as a bank guard he saw "three masked figures with
assault rifles run through the foyer of the bank." His first thought was that the local SWAT team was
practicing. His second was that they were dressed up for Halloween.
How does the author use this story as a rhetorical strategy to support his perspective?
Select all that apply.
Everyday Survival
to describe a tragic situation that will appeal to his readers' emotions
to demonstrate his own expertise in having done extensive research into the concept
of denial
to show his readers that denial is such a common human response that it even occurs
in experienced emergency personnel
to explain why police officers always respond to emergency situations as they should

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Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings