A) Discuss Any Instances of Nonargumentative Persuasion or Pseudoreasoning and Explain

question 69

Essay

A) Discuss any instances of nonargumentative persuasion or pseudoreasoning and explain any slanting techniques you find in the following passage. B) Rewrite the passage in language that is as emotively neutral as possible but still retains the same informational content.
"Must the NFL-fat, sassy, the General Motors of professional sports-meet a similar crisis [to the one the National Basketball Association went through in the eighties] before it tries to solve its own plague of drugs?
For years, since Don Reese's personal revelation and charges of league-wide drug involvement, the NFL has lived under a cloud of suspicion. Initially, it seemed the front offices, deeply concerned that their image remain pristine, chose to look the other way. Now they've acknowledged the problem, and have chosen to push for testing; this year, eight franchises asked their players to undergo post-season analysis, but each was refused."
-Tom Jackson, Sacramento Bee

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Definitions:

Bumper Crop

An exceptionally large harvest of crops, often resulting from favorable growing conditions.

Excess Supply

A situation where the quantity of a good or service offered for sale exceeds the quantity demanded at the current price.

Price Of Cheeseburgers

The amount of money required to purchase a cheeseburger in a particular market, influenced by factors such as cost of ingredients, demand, and competition.

Supply Shifts

Changes in the supply curve of a product or service due to external factors, leading to a different quantity supplied at each price level.