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Rhetoric, argument and writing

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  1. A councillor proposes a new cycle lane. A critic replies: 'So the councillor wants to ban all cars from our city.' Which fallacy is this?
  2. 'Either we build the new stadium or our town will have no future.' Which flaw does this argument show?
  3. 'The newspaper is reliable because it only prints true stories, and we know its stories are true because the newspaper is reliable.' What is wrong with this reasoning?
  4. A student argues: 'If we let pupils use phones at break, soon they will use them in lessons, then they will stop learning and the school will fail.' What is the fallacy?
  5. Which rhetorical device is used in: 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields'?
  6. Which phrase is an oxymoron?
  7. 'The restaurant was not bad at all' means that it was quite good. Which figure of speech is this?
  8. Which sentence relies mainly on an appeal to emotion (pathos)?
  9. Choose the connecting word that best completes the sentence: 'The film was very long; ____, it held my attention to the end.'
  10. Which sentence has correct parallel structure?
  11. Which sentence best paraphrases: 'Despite the rain, the match went ahead.'?
  12. A council report says: 'The council's bold plan consisted of repainting two benches and announcing the result at an hour-long press conference.' What is the writer's tone?
  13. A writer surveys 50 members of a football fan club, finds that 90 percent prefer football, and concludes that most people in Cyprus prefer football. What is the weakness?

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