Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions. 1, 5, 7

Which sentence contains a rhetorical device?

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Which sentence contains a logical fallacy?[1] Traffic accidents have increased in our town by 15 percent this year, which shows that there is a problem. [2] This number comes from a recent study by city hall. [3] Several research firms have suggested new traffic patterns to avoid the rise in car accidents. [4] This would be useful because most people interact with cars. [5] We can also leave traffic patterns as they are. [6] If so, we must settle for more and more traffic accidents. [7] These are our only options.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir