Which rhetorical technique does this paragraph demonstrate?

ad hominem
false dilemma
hasty generalization
bandwagon appeal

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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.

The rhetorical technique that has been employed in the given excerpt to convince the readers would be:

b). False dilemma

Rhetorical Technique

  • "False Dilemma" is exemplified as the rhetorical technique in which the author deliberately proffers only two or restricted alternatives/solutions of a particular problem to be available.
  • This causes the readers to choose from the options provided by the author and as a result, they are persuaded to believe in the stand/claim proposed by him/her.
  • In the given excerpt also, Ronald Reagan proposes only two alternates that the Soviet Union could act onto while several other alternates were available. Therefore, it demonstrates a 'false dilemma.'

Thus, option b is the correct answer.

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