A commonplace assertion is a statement that people just assume is correct and applies to everyone, even though there may not be any proof to support that assertion.
For example: <em>An apple a day keeps the doctor away. </em>
This asserts that if you eat an apple every day you won't ever get sick, and that is certainly not true.
UM JUST ANWSER
THE QUESTION IN RHETORICAL ECERCT
Answer:
No!
The same theme does not apply to 'to kill a mockingbird'
Explanation:
In 'to kill a mockingbird' Atticus's quest to appeal Tom's case was not successfully accomplished as Tom was brutally killed as he tried to escape prison been shot seventeen times. This is aside the fact that Tom was wrongly accused in the first place even though the jury were made to see the truth of Tom's innocence when Atticus prove that Tom's accusation was a lie.