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What is the illogical comparison in the following sentence? Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech is more revered than Truman.
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What is the illogical comparison in the following sentence? Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech is more revered than Truman.

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An illogical comparison occurs when a writer compares two totally incomparable things, i.e. things that aren't of the same type. In this sentence, a speech is compared to a person, which makes it an illogical comparison.

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