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Visit the PowerPoint Presentation section of the McGraw-Hill companion Web site at http://www.mhhe.com/criticalthinking8 for Ch. 4. Examine the examples of rhetorical devices and choose one that either makes an emotional impact on you or sparks your interest.

Copy and paste the example into the body of a forum message and include your response to this question: Why does the example affect you, and what is the statement's persuasive motive? Comment on the examples provided by your classmates by stating whether and why their examples affect you.

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A response to a rhetorical device and why it affected the writer's emotions.

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