Rhetoric in Reagan's Address at Moscow State University

Question 1

Identify whether each statement from Reagan’s speech is a fact or an opinion.

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“But progress is not foreordained. The key is freedom – freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication.”: opinion; “You know, one of the first contacts between your country and mine took place between Russian and American explorers.”: fact; “And that’s why it’s so hard for government planners, no matter how sophisticated, to ever substitute for millions of individuals working night and day to make their dreams come true.”: opinion; “In our discussion today, we agreed on working up to several thousand exchanges a year from each country in the near future.”: fact

Question 2

Identify whether each statement from Reagan’s speech is a fact or an opinion.

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✔ opinion; “But progress is not foreordained. The key is freedom – freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication.”: opinion; “You know, one of the first contacts between your country and mine took place between Russian and American explorers.”: fact; “And that’s why it’s so hard for government planners, no matter how sophisticated, to ever substitute for millions of individuals working night and day to make their dreams come true.”: opinion; “In our discussion today, we agreed on working up to several thousand exchanges a year from each country in the near future.”: fact

Question 3

✔ factopinion

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✔ fact

Question 4

fact✔ opinion

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✔ opinion

Question 5

✔ factopinion

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✔ fact

Question 6

✔ Bureaucracies are a world problem.There is an old story.The bureaucrat somehow hung onto power.

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✔ Bureaucracies are a world problem.

Question 7

✔ Americans do not hide their love of freedom.One of those years is 1988.Others are trying to get Reagan’s job.

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✔ Americans do not hide their love of freedom.

Question 8

the opinion about bureaucracies✔ the opinion about Americans and freedomthe opinion about hanging onto power

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✔ the opinion about Americans and freedom

Question 9

How does Reagan substantiate his opinion that democracy is a powerful force?

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by giving examples of countries that have become democracies

Question 10

In the statement below, Reagan expresses the opinion that economic freedom is a powerful force. Which detail from his speech best substantiates this opinion?"We are seeing the power of economic freedom spreading around the world.”

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“Places such as the Republic of Korea, Singapore, [and] Taiwan have vaulted into the technological era, barely pausing in the industrial age along the way.”

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