I remember distinctly the thrill of climbing aboard a U.S. Army helicopter in the cool of the morning and taking off across the
rice fields with a South Vietnamese battalion for a day’s jousting with the Vietcong guerillas. There was hope then that the non-Communist Vietnamese might win their war. I was proud of the young American pilots sitting at the controls in the cockpit and I was grateful for the opportunity to witness this adventure and to report it. We are fighting now, I used to think, and some day we will triumph and this will be a better country. Which choice best describes how the author builds conflict in this excerpt?
A. He reflects back and describes his initial optimism of the war.
B. He makes predictions about the possible outcomes of the war.
C. He criticizes the US government for becoming involved in the war.
D. He shares his hopes for the non-Communist Vietnamese.
A. He reflects back and describes his initial optimism of the war.
Everyone initially feels that optimism going into a battle. The idea of victory is something easy to see. But it gives the idea that possibly it may not turn out exactly as he hopes in the final sentence.
Bandwagon. Fallacy that relies on arguing for a course of action or belief because it is commonly done or held. False dilemma. Fallacy that occurs when a speaker presents an audience only two options and argues they must choose one or the other. Ad hominem. Fallacy that occurs when a speaker attacks another person rather than his or her argument.
The correct answer to this question is jargon. It is
considered specialized language because it is understood by only specific group
of people or professionals and is not easily defined by ordinary people. The
executive office of the president clearly stated the exclusion of jargons and
other unnecessary complexities in memorandum.
