"This orphan has a father." is an example of _____.
A: contradiction
B: inconsistency
C: tautology
D: implicature
A: contradiction
B: inconsistency
C: tautology
D: implicature
举一反三
- "I" in the essay has a double identity, being both the father's son and the son's father.( )
- The father in the text is a very understanding father.( )
- Imagine this: Your father has been stricken with serious heart disease. At the hospital, you learn he has a chance to survive--- if he can receive a heart transplant. But there are no heart donors available. Your father is one of the 1.5 million Chinese each year who need an organ transplant but cannot get one because of a shortage of donors. What example is used here in this short passage? A: A brief example B: An extended example C: A hypothetical example D: none of the above
- How did Zeus save his brothers and sisters? A: Zeus killed his father. B: Zeus castrated his father. C: Zeus made his father drunk. D: Zeus made his father start vomiting.
- My uncle Ratchit preceded my father in the family business.Preceded means that Uncle Ratchit A: worked before my father. B: worked after my father. C: worked at the same time as my father. D: stole from my father.