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Which rhetorical technique does this paragraph demonstrate?
Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.
In Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the community of freedom. Yet in this age of redoubled economic growth, of information and innovation, the Soviet Union faces a choice: It must make fundamental changes, or it will become obsolete. Today thus represents a moment of hope. We in the West stand ready to cooperate with the East to promote true openness, to break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer, freer world.
A) ad hominem
B) false dilemma
C) hasty generalization
D) bandwagon appeal
Answer:
The rhetorical technique demonstrate by the paragraph is:
B) false dilemma
Explanation:
False dilemma is a type of fallacy that establishes a sort of either/or situation when, in reality, there are more than just the two options presented in the speech. Notice how President Reagan says the Soviet Union has only two choices: " It must make fundamental changes, or it will become obsolete." Of course, the Soviet Union certainly had several options taking into consideration all the political paths a country can choose to follow. Still, Reagan makes it sound as if those are the only two possibilities. False dilemma, as any other fallacy, is used with the purpose of convincing the audience of the speaker's opinion. However, it can be deceiving.
