Question

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
(parenthesis are the underlinded words)

A) an example of procatalepsis.
B) an example of allusion.
C) used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.
D) included by Reagan to discourage increased freedom.
E) followed by a counterargument proving Reagan’s point.

Answer 1

The CORRECT answers are A,C,E

A) an example of procatalepsis.

C) used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.

E) followed by a counterargument proving Reagan’s point.

Answer 2

The correct answers are A, C and E.

In this excerpt from Ronald Reagan’s "Address at Moscodnw State University", the underlined words are:

A- An example of procatalepsis becuase by saying this, Reagan is raising an objection to his own argument and then, in the following part, answering it.

C- A way to acknowledge an opposing view to the one he is presenting. The underline words do not represent Raegan's position on the subject, but he still acknowledges them.

E- Followed by a counterargument. Raegan uses this phrase to emphasize his own point of view and position by contrasting each other.