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Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country repeats one pattern of words. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →A speaker asks a question nobody is meant to answer, purely for effect. That device is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer says the virus packed its bags and crossed the ocean. Giving a nonhuman thing human traits is:Read the answer and worked solution →After a disaster a writer calls it a spot of bother, deliberately playing it down. That device is:Read the answer and worked solution →Only you can prevent forest fires overstates one person's power on purpose. That device is:Read the answer and worked solution →The treasure shone like a pirate's gold tooth sets two things side by side using like. That is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The pizza was a disk of saucy sunlight says one thing simply is another. That is a:Read the answer and worked solution →In a debate one side goes after the speaker instead of the argument. That fallacy is:Read the answer and worked solution →An advertisement says everyone is buying these sneakers, so hurry before you are left out. That fallacy is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A speaker warns that one small step will end in disaster. That fallacy is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rain fell the evening after a village dance, so someone says the dance brought it. That fallacy is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A shop advertises cheap phones, then changes the terms once you have agreed to come in. That fallacy is:Read the answer and worked solution →A boy took every gift ___ mine. The blank needs the word meaning excluding:Read the answer and worked solution →A scarf that completes an outfit is said to ___ it. The right verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →A guest praises the cook's dessert. He pays her a:Read the answer and worked solution →A hotel offers a complimentary breakfast. For the guest this breakfast is:Read the answer and worked solution →A lawyer asks a question designed to bring out the truth. The verb for that is:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer adds another point and begins 'Further,'. Here further means:Read the answer and worked solution →A pupil writes 'It's raining'. The apostrophe form it's is short for:Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher marks 'The dog wagged it's tail' wrong because the possessive form is:Read the answer and worked solution →A nurse tells a patient to ___ down on the bed. The correct verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →A porter is told to ___ the box on the table. The correct verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →A team that does not win a match is said to ___ it. The right word is:Read the answer and worked solution →A screw that is not tight is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →A club is guided by a firm rule of conduct. That rule is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →A student is asked to ___ the vase on the shelf. The verb that takes an object is:Read the answer and worked solution →A girl takes the same chair every class. The verb with no object here is:Read the answer and worked solution →A question begins '___ going to the game?' The contraction of who is comes first:Read the answer and worked solution →A line asks '___ bag is this?' The possessive form of who is:Read the answer and worked solution →A checker flags 'alright' in an essay. The accepted spelling is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country repeats one pattern of words. That is:

  1. Loose structure
  2. Parallel structure
  3. Rhyming structure
  4. Sound structure
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Correct answer: B. Parallel structure

1. The pattern repeats, not the words. 2. It signals that the ideas weigh the same. 3. It is parallel structure. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._

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A speaker asks a question nobody is meant to answer, purely for effect. That device is a:

  1. Structural repetition
  2. Descriptive assertion
  3. Rhetorical question
  4. Historical narration
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Correct answer: C. Rhetorical question

1. No answer is expected. 2. The effect is dramatic. 3. It is a rhetorical question. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._

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A writer says the virus packed its bags and crossed the ocean. Giving a nonhuman thing human traits is:

  1. Understatement
  2. Juxtaposition
  3. Alliteration
  4. Personification
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Correct answer: D. Personification

1. A virus packs nothing. 2. Human characteristics make it relatable. 3. It is personification. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._

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