The answer is:
Machiavelli forces readers to carefully consider the meanings of the words merciful and mercy.
In the passage from "The Prince," the author Niccolò Machiavelli mentions the words mercy and merciful intending to make readers contemplate their meanings with special circumspection. Thus, <em>mercy </em>is compassion towards somebody one can hurt or punish, and <em>merciful </em>means benevolent. In that respect, Machiavelli suggests that an unsympathetic ruler can preserve power rather than a compassionate one.
B. hints that tell a reader what is going to happen in a story :)
Answer:
what separates the narrator and his father from other people in his village
Explanation:
Answer:
Mr. Williams would never agree to the proposal to purchase new playground equipment. He's a miserly tightwad who never spends a penny.
caricature
Won't you do your part to protect the environment and petition for a mandatory recycling policy?
leading question
Drinking soft drinks must be okay. Trent has a can of soda every day at lunch, and he seems to be in good health.
incorrect premise
We cannot continue to stand idly by and allow innocent animals to be murdered. Save a life and give a puppy or kitten a second chance through pet adoption.
loaded terms
If you don't change your diet, you will develop diabetes and heart disease.
hasty generalizations
Global warming is a real problem because the earth's temperature is gradually rising.
circular reasoning
I heard Mr. Coleman's son got sent to the principal's office yesterday. Mr. Coleman must not be very strict with his children.
false assumption
Explanation:
The terms used here are fallacies and they have been correctly matched to the statements above.
A fallacy is the use of faulty, invalid or inaccurate reasoning to make an argument.
Fallacy is used by us many times in our day to day correspondence with others. We use it to try and 'win' an argument with someone without even knowing we are committing a fallacy.
For example, telling someone that because you cheated in a test and got high grades, therefore, everyone that gets high grades in a test cheated is a fallacy of hasty generalization.
