Video link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSa-rrjP_jk

1 : Mumia Abu-Jamal is a central figure in the prison abolitionist movement. He is an activist claims maker, to use Joel Best's terminology. Which of Joel Best's "grounds strategies" do you notice Mumia use in this interview?

2 : How would you describe the "warrants" of Mumia's claims in this interview clip?

3 : What might the "conclusions" look like among activists calling for criminal justice reform in the US?

Please read through the following passage and ask yourself which of the underlined phrases are rhetorical slanters. Then look through the answers to find the best description of the underlined phrase.

(1) It is obvious that everyone in that family is

(2) totally outrageous. Jack is a

(3) pervert. He likes molasses and seaweed on his rice. Karen

(4) eats like a bird. Nancy

(5) dissected a dead field mouse she found in the ravine,

(6) mutilating its body so that she could see all the muscles and veins and even inside the kidney. Jonathan forgets to take his homework to school

(7) up to 3 times a month.

(8) Although Maria is very shy, she is so normal in most other ways that she seems

(9) like a fish out of water in that family. And nobody likes to sing

(10) as much as they do.