Read the paragraph.

[1] Recently I read a magazine article about commercial airplanes that were still in use despite past mechanical issues. [2] In the past year, four airplanes with repeated mechanical issues caused accidents on the runway. [3] How could a responsible airline continue to operate a plane with a history of mechanical issues, knowing that they were continuing to cause runway accidents?

What rhetorical device is used in sentence 2?

a false dilemma
an appeal to logic
an appeal to authority
an ad hominem attack

B. A false dilemma

Explanation:

False dilemma is a kind of error that produces some kind of situation when, in fact, more than just the two options mentioned in the speech are available. Notice that President Reagan states that the Soviet Union only has two choices: 'It requires or would be redundant to reform radically.' The Soviet Union has, of course, many options taking into account all of the measures that a nation might choose to pursue. Nevertheless, Reagan sounds like that's the only two choices. Like any other error, false dilemmas are used in order to persuade the audience of the opinion of the speaker. It can be deceptive, however.

~DjMia~

what excerpt? i would generally think a.

it was the fourth thursday of november and cassey headed down to the woods to pick up the mushrooms mother had told her to to complement the turkey the family was going to have as they did every day.

she usually sweapt the floors and went for water, but today that task was asked to her younger sister since matthew, the only boy, had gone to the town with father in order to find cheap fabrics to make clothes.

the shoe business was not being as profitable as before, so they had decided to make clothes to sell in the village.

today there would not be time to play with mary, her neighbour and friend, to play to be still in water, a game that was not only part of the fun in the village, but also very useful if there happened to be an acciddent when she had to cross the shore by boat, as she had to at least twice a week to visit grandma.

bored and uninterested in the task she had been imposed to do, cassey started to pull up the best mushrooms she could see. suddenly, something hard was found by her tender fingers. she couldn't believe her eyes: a gold ring crowned by a diamond appeared between her fragile fingers

before she had time to think what to do, a deep voice spoke at her back.

- i heard your mum asking you to pick up mushrooms for the turkey - said her beloved tom - would you collect mushrooms for me next day?

- yes, sure. are you planning to invite someone important? - cassey asked.

- of course. i'm planning to invite two families, mine and my wife's. will you marry me? - tom asked on his knees.

cassey looked at the ring, then at tom, and she felt the moisture in her eyes. she hugged him, kissed him and in those simple actions the answer of her life was implied.