The key answer of exercise 14
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 14 - The luck of the draw for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
Answer
Stacy’s speech is also very good, she uses rhetorical devices to be persuasive (e.g. rhetorical questions, comparisons such as the cost of a lottery ticket with the cost of an ice cream; claiming to agree with Zak in order to make a contrasting point). However, she doesn’t have many serious points to make in support of the lottery, so her arguments rely on ridiculing and dismissing Zak’s points
(Sad – but, sadly for him, also rather misleading ...; I’d be interested to hear the source of that figure – dubiousstatistics.com, I’d imagine. With the greatest respect – that’s complete rubbish!).