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This job lists examples of biases, fallacies, and specific rhetorical devices in the speech and how the speaker addresses arguments and counterargument. The job also assesses if the speaker's arguments were effective from the following speech:

Campaigner: There is only one man who can rid the politics of this State of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys. I am speaking of Charles Foster Kane, the fighting liberal, the friend of the working man, the next Governor of this State, who entered upon this campaign --

Kane: with one purpose only: to point out and make public the dishonesty, the downright villainy, of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine -- now in complete control of the government of this State! I made no campaign promises, because until a few weeks ago I had no hope of being elected.

Now, however, I have something more than a hope. And Jim Gettys -- Jim Gettys has something less than a chance. Every straw vote, every independent poll shows that I'll be elected. Now I can afford to make some promises!

The working man -- The working man and the slum child know they can expect my best efforts in their interests. The decent, ordinary citizens know that I'll do everything in my power to protect the underprivileged, the underpaid, and the the underfed!

Well, I'd make my promises now if I weren't too busy arranging to keep them.

Here's one promise I'll make, and boss Jim Gettys knows I'll keep it: My first official act as Governor of this State will be to appoint a Special District Attorney to arrange for the indictment, prosecution, and conviction of Boss Jim W. Gettys!

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Biases, rhetorical devices, and argumentations are noted in this speech. Examples of these devices are given from a personal point of view to guide users. A sample analysis is given.

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As you assess this speech, please allow my general ideas to help. Since I have no way of knowing which fallacies were studied in your course, I offer some general examples:

First of all, you might highlight that hasty generalization is one fallacy that seems to permeate. By making the fast judgment to say, "There is only one man who can rid the politics," it seems to reveal a hasty ...

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