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Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's Address at Moscow State University. Freedom, it has been said, makes people selfish and materialistic, but Americans are one of the most religious peoples on Earth. Because they know that liberty, just as life itself, is not earned but a gift from God, they seek to share that gift with the world. "Reason and experience," said George Washington in his farewell address, "both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. And it is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government." Check all that apply. The underlined words in this excerpt are
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an example of procatalepsis used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view followed by a counterargument proving Reagan's point
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Which line from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University best substantiates his opinion that small businesses are moving the technological revolution?
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One of the largest personal computer firms in the United States was started by two college students, no older than you, in the garage behind their home.
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A rhetorical device uses language to
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persuade
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Read the excerpt from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University. Some people, even in my own country, look at the riot of experiment that is the free market and see only waste. What of all the entrepreneurs that fail? Well, many do, particularly the successful ones; often several times. And if you ask them the secret of their success, they'll tell you it's all that they learned in their struggles along the way; yes, it's what they learned from failing. President Reagan includes the underlined question to
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raise an objection to his own opinion and counter that argument.
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One purpose of President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University was to
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persuade listeners to embrace democratic freedoms.
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Both Americans and Soviet citizens listened to President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University. Which best describes the different purposes of the speech for American and Soviet audiences?
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Reagan's purpose was to remind Americans of their freedoms and to encourage Soviets to allow more individual freedom.
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The recurrence of words or phrases in a rhetorical device is known as
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repetition
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Which lines from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University contain an opinion? Check all that apply.
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You know, one of the first contacts between your country and mine took place between Russian and American explorers And that's why it's so hard for government planners, no matter how sophisticated, to ever substitute for millions of individuals
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The audience for President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University included young college students. This is important because one of the purposes of the speech was to
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encourage new ideas, and young people are more likely to accept new ideas.
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Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan's Address at Moscow State University. The explorers of the modern era are the entrepreneurs, men with vision, with the courage to take risks and faith enough to brave the unknown. These entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. They are the prime movers of the technological revolution. In fact, one of the largest personal computer firms in the United States was started by two college students, no older than you, in the garage behind their home. Some people, even in my own country, look at the riot of experiment that is the free market and see only waste. What of all the entrepreneurs that fail? Well, many do, particularly the successful ones; often several times. And if you ask them the secret of their success, they'll tell you it's all that they learned in their struggles along the way; yes, it's what they learned from failing. Like an athlete in competition or a scholar in pursuit of the truth, experience is the greatest teacher. Which is a substantiated opinion?
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Small businesses are the reason America has a strong economy.
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