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

question 57

Essay

A) Discuss any instances of nonargumentative persuasion or pseudoreasoning and explain any slanting techniques you find in the following passage. (We'll comment on features we find obscure, unusual, or tricky.) B) Rewrite the passage in language that is as emotively neutral as possible but still retains the same informational content.
"It [the feminist movement] was crazy. The lunacy, unfortunately, wasn't confined to sex. Male reviewers abased themselves before Miss [Susan] Brownmiller's book Against Our Will, and the male editors of Time magazine, in a spasm of liberal gallantry, named her as one of its 12 Women of the Year, thereby atoning for five decades of Men of the Year."
-Joseph Sobran, "The End of Feminism"

Comprehend the goals of alimony recapture rules.

Understand the deduction limits for student loan interest.

Recognize what constitutes qualifying moving expenses and the associated tests.

Understand the tax implications of alimony and child support payments.

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Budgeted Amounts

Estimates of revenues, expenses, and other financial activities for a future period, used for planning purposes.

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Two-Stage Cost

A method in cost accounting where costs are allocated to cost centers in two stages, first to departments then to products or services.

Joint Cost

Costs incurred in the process of producing multiple products simultaneously, where the costs cannot be easily separated for each product.