Using Reason to Understand the Speech
What reasonable conclusions can you draw from this
passage?
Here, you may be delegates of your governments,
business people, organisers, reporters, or politicians, but
really you are mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers,
aunts and uncles, and all of you are someone's child.
I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a famíly, five
billion strong in fact, 30 million species strong-and
borders and governments will never change that.
"The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes,"
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Suzuki wants to remind the delegates of their
children
Suzuki wants to seem too young to understand the
issues
O Suzuki wants the delegates to think of the world as
one big family
Suzuki wants the delegates to realize that even a
child understands the problem
O Suzuki wants to blame other countries

Which two phrases in this information about medicare prescription drug coverage are noun phrases

When lawrence saw the posters for the circus hanging on the bulletin board, as he swept up the trimmings at slim's barbershop, he knew he would be taking his little cousins. they loved animals, and he was looking forward to seeing the smiles on their faces as the circus performers amazed them with their stunts. but sweeping up hair clippings didn't pay a whole lot. lawrence spent 45 dollars just getting tickets. but it was worth it to see his cousins' faces. the day finally came and everyone was excited as they walked into that big circus tent. but lawrence soon realized that he and his cousins would be thirsty and hungry. as they sat in their seats, the drink vendor walked by selling beverages. desperately thirsty, lawrence asked him how much a lemonade would cost, and the drink vendor said, "eleven dollars each." lawrence replied, "oh, that's it? just eleven dollars? what a great deal for one cup of lemonade. that's totally worth it." the drink vendor walked away. which type of irony is used?

For frederick douglass’s address, “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” (1852)1) does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? use evidence from the text to support your answers. 2) how effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? use evidence from the text to support your answer