Question

“take the tortillas out of your poetry”
for me, reading has always been a path toward liberation and fulfillment. to learn to read is to start down the road of liberation, a road which should be accessible to everyone. no one has the right to keep you from reading, and yet that is what is happening in many areas in this country today. there are those who think they know best what we should read. these censors are at work in all areas of our daily lives.
which best describes the rhetoric used in this excerpt to increase the reader’s awareness of censorship?

• factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic
• a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s sense of justice
• an emotional anecdote is related to appeal to the reader’s sympathy
• the author’s love of reading is referenced to appeal to his character

Explanation:

The excerpt presents a strong opinion about censorship (that no one should keep others from reading, and censors are wrong) to appeal to the reader's sense of justice (the idea that access to reading for liberation should be a right, and censorship violates that justice). Factual evidence isn't used (no data/studies), there's no emotional anecdote (just a statement of belief), and referencing love of reading is not about appealing to character here.

Answer:

B. a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s sense of justice