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<p>"Americans should not be taxed to fund the Public Broadcasting Service, and Congress should terminate funding for it. (3) We wouldn't want the federal government to publish a national newspaper. Neither should we have a government television network and a government radio network (7)"</p>

<p>Lines 3-6 ("We wouldn't...network") make use of which rhetorical strategy?
A. Exaggeration
B. Analogy</p>

<p>I was stuck with these two, and I couldn't figure out which was the better answer.
Can you tell me why whatever answer you choose is correct? And why the other one is wrong?
Thanks.</p>

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<p>The main argument is that the US shouldn’t fund PBS, which is the “government television network and a government radio network.” The author introduces the example of the federally-funded newspaper as an analogy to PBS (it’s a similar issue).</p>

<p>This is not exaggeration because the author is not stretching the truth- PBS is what he or she says it is. The newspaper example is merely a hypothetical situation that seems within reason (it could happen), so it isn’t an exaggeration.</p>