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Determine which rhetorical device is used in the following statement, and then, determine which type of reasoning is being used.

All Boxers (dogs) I have ever been around run through their owners'houses like tornados, leaving disheveled messes in their wake. Therefore, all Boxers must run through houses making big messes.

A. allusion and inductive reasoning
B. eponym and deductive reasoning
C. hyperbole and inductive reasoning
D. anastrophe and deductive reasoning

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B. eponym and deductive reasoning
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Answer: I believe the right answer to be the third option, letter C. hyperbole and inductive reasoning.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement presents inductive reasoning, not a deductive one. Inductive reasoning starts from specific examples and facts and then moves on to a generalized conclusion. The speaker moves from observing specific Boxers to concluding that all Boxers (generalization) behave in the same manner. Deductive reasoning would do the opposite, moving from general principles to a specific conclusion. Thus, we can eliminate options B and D.

A hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to give emphasis to the message the speaker wants to convey. In this case, the exaggeration comes from comparing the dogs to tornados. The speaker's intention is to have the reader visualize the mess a Boxer dog is able to leave behind it by having the reader picture the mess left by a tornado. Of course, what the dog can do is not nearly as catastrophic as what the tornado can. Therefore, a hyperbole is used.

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