RHETORIC."Conservatives seeking to ban books instead of bullets"

The author's mention of "It's time to do something about books," is appropriate to the development of his argument by ...

• ironically shifting attention from school shootings to books, which aren't the real problem at all.

• establishing the acerbic tone of the whole passage.

• pressuring the reader to take action about inappropriate books.

• stating the importance of addressing the problem with school shootings.

Which of the following would the author be LEAST likely to encourage?

• The author wants to abolish, rather than simply overlook, gun access to young people.

• The author wants readers to reevaluate their priorities.

• The author wants readers to believe the causes of violence in schools are books, deemed inappropriate and worthy of banning yet shamefully made available to children.

• The author suggests challenged and banned books are actually relevant to the times, and weapons should be held liable.

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What is the author's IMPLIED purpose for this text?

• To explain to the audience how banning books helps to establish a better society and children's safety.

• To present to the readers the trauma, both mental and physical, school shootings have on students.

• To demand readers choose what's more important for children's safety, "banned books" or "banned guns".

• To expose conservative politicians' focus on banning books that address provocative issues instead of on addressing the gun violence that threatens the safety of children across America.

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The author contrasts guns to books in order to...

• convince readers that students need to read more

• persuade readers that the conservative mindset is distorted

• elucidate on how many books schools should have

• convince readers that books put harmful ideas into children's minds

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In context, the sentence "You've got to protect what matters to you most," is best interpreted as which of the following:

• the significance of people's property is prime

• the significance of your own life is prime

• the significance of our world's resources is prime

• the significance of other people's existence is prime

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In the attached paragraph, the author employs which of the following rhetorical strategies:

• repetition, pathos, imagery, and contrast

• pathos, arguing, metaphors, and repetition

• action verbs, metaphors, ethos, and contrast

• contrast, repetition, evidence, and logos

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Read the paragraph and identify the author's IMPLIED purpose of those lines.

• to suggest readers are desensitized

• to encourage the purchase of weapons and books

• to urge readers to believe no books has caused harm

• to turn readers into conservatives

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The author references Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie's tweet (see attached image) within his text for the purpose of

• emphasizing the normalization of guns

• employing a logical fallacy that all conservatives feel the same as Massie

• correlating guns with the positive connotations of Christmas

• highlighting the irony of Thomas' inappropriate tweet just days after the deadliest school shooting since 2018

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The tone of this sentence is best described as...

• commiserate & disheartened

• auspicious & earnest

• condescending & incredulous

• acerbic & assertive

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Read paragraphs 1 and 2 (see attached image).

The reason for the shift in paragraph 2 is to...

• show which political party the author supports.

• show that conservatives think the biggest threat to our students are books.

• provide evidence as to why liberals are better than conservatives.

• show the irony behind conservatives banning books rather than guns.