Question

Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.

Freedom, it has been said, makes people selfish and materialistic, but Americans are one of the most religious peoples on Earth. Because they know that liberty, just as life itself, is not earned but a gift from God, they seek to share that gift with the world. "Reason and experience," said George Washington in his farewell address, "both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. And it is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government."

Select 3 options.
The underlined words in this excerpt are

an example of procatalepsis.
an example of allusion.
used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.
included by Reagan to discourage increased freedom.
followed by a counterargument proving Reagan’s point.

Answer 1

- an example of procatalepsis.
- used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.
- followed by a counterargument proving Reagan’s point.

Explanation: The phrase anticipates and acknowledges a common objection ("it has been said..."), which is procatalepsis, and Reagan immediately counters it by arguing Americans are religious and quoting Washington to support his position.