Question 1

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
Voting is the method for obtaining legal power to coerce others.
-From a commentary on a grocery bag urging citizens not to vote and thus not to encourage the majority to take away the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness of the minority.

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Question 2

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Trivial pursuit" is the name of a game played by the California Supreme Court, which will seek any nit-picking excuse preventing murderers from receiving justice.

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Question 3

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Any person who thinks that Libya is not involved in terrorism has the same kind of mentality as people who think that Hitler was not involved in persecuting Jews."
-Robert Oakley, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism, in an interview on National Public Radio's All Things Considered

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Question 4

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Can [former Representative Jack] Kemp or anyone believe that $27 million in 'humanitarian' aid would replace all that South Africa has done [to support Angolan rebels]?"
-Anthony Lewis, New York Times

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Question 5

... A total of 743 firearm-related deaths occurred during this six-year period, 398 of which (54%) occurred in the residence where the firearm was kept. Only 2 of these 398 deaths (0.5%) involved an intruder shot during attempted entry. Seven persons (1.8%) were killed in self-defense. For every case of self-protection homicide involving a firearm kept in the home, there were 1.3 accidental deaths, 4.6 criminal homicides.... Handguns were used in 70.5% of these deaths.

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Question 6

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"If it ain't country, it ain't music."
-Bumper sticker

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Question 7

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"The people who [fought] the Soviet-backed government in Nicaragua [were] freedom fighters, just as George Washington was in our country."
-Ronald Reagan

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Question 8

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Who is to blame for this lackluster political campaign?"
-Television network anchor

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Question 9

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Although you were not selected to receive the award, I congratulate you for your achievements at
California State University, Chico."
-Excerpt from a letter written by a university president and sent to an unsuccessful contender for a campus award.

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Question 10

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
A political endorsement by the Reverend Jerry Falwell, the high priest of holier-than-thou and "let's hear it for apartheid," would help a political candidate as much as an endorsement from the Ayatollah
Khomeini.

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Question 11

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"... despite the idealist yearnings in the body politic that this [the baby boom] generation supposedly epitomizes, the darker side of the lust for power is still present. Just witness the saga of the collapse of the once-promising career of Mayor Roger Hedgecock [former mayor of San Diego]."
-Larry Remer and Gregory Dennis

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Question 12

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"To those who say that the analogy of Hitler is extremist and inflammatory in reference to abortion, I would contend that the comparison is legitimate.... The Supreme Court, by refusing to acknowledge their personhood, has relegated the entire class of unborn children to a subhuman legal status without protection under the law-the same accorded to Jews under the Third Reich."
-Jerry Nims, writing in the Moral Majority's Liberty Report

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Question 13

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
Professor Jones, who normally confines his remarks to his own subject, ventured out on a high wire to comment on the commission's findings.

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Question 14

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels... justified the attack on thousands of Jews as a step toward removing an 'infection' contaminating Germany. 'It is impossible that, in a National Socialist state, which is anti-Jewish in its outlook, those streets should continue to be occupied by Jewish shops.'"
-Reuters report in the Sacramento Bee

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Question 15

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
"Notre Dame people like to point out that, unlike other [college football] powerhouses, their players must face tough admissions standards, shoulder the regular course load, and forget about being red-shirted to gain additional playing years. And, of course, it's a lot more fun to point out those things if your guys are out there stomping on 24-year-old golf-course management majors every Saturday, the way they used to."
-Newsweek

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Question 16

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
Libya's strongman Colonel Muammar Qaddafi is the kingpin of Mideast terrorism, as Israeli and Western intelligence sources assert. Qaddafi's "who, me?" denials are as believable as would be his announcing conversion to Judaism.

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Question 17

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:

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Question 18

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
Once you've made our Day Planner a part of your business life, there's a good chance you'll never miss or be late for another appointment.

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Question 19

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
I simply won't go into those cowboy bars; they're full of guys who disguise their insecurities with cowboy boots and hats.

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Question 20

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
As if they alone were concerned with clean air and pure water, these self-anointed environmentalists question whether there will be nitrate pollution from the new subdivision and whether Madrone Creek can accommodate storm runoff from the development. Their no-growth ideas are familiar to everyone in the community.

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Quiz 5: Planning and Forecasting

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: "Trivial pursuit" is the name of a game played by the California Supreme Court, which will seek any nit-picking excuse preventing murderers from receiving justice.

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: "Can [former Representative Jack] Kemp or anyone believe that $27 million in 'humanitarian' aid would replace all that South Africa has done [to support Angolan rebels]?" -Anthony Lewis, New York Times

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: "If it ain't country, it ain't music." -Bumper sticker

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: "The people who [fought] the Soviet-backed government in Nicaragua [were] freedom fighters, just as George Washington was in our country." -Ronald Reagan

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: "Who is to blame for this lackluster political campaign?" -Television network anchor

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: A political endorsement by the Reverend Jerry Falwell, the high priest of holier-than-thou and "let's hear it for apartheid," would help a political candidate as much as an endorsement from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: Professor Jones, who normally confines his remarks to his own subject, ventured out on a high wire to comment on the commission's findings.

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: Once you've made our Day Planner a part of your business life, there's a good chance you'll never miss or be late for another appointment.

Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage: I simply won't go into those cowboy bars; they're full of guys who disguise their insecurities with cowboy boots and hats.