Question

read the excerpt from \take the tortillas out of your poetry.\
in other cases, the censoring has been direct and brutal. on february 28, 1981 the morning newspaper carried a story about the burning of my novel, bless me, ultima. the book was banned from high school classes in bloomfield, new mexico, and a school board member was quoted as saying: \we took the books out and personally saw that they were burned.\
which best describes the rhetorical appeal used to illustrate the destructive nature of censorship?

• factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic
• a painful event is described to appeal to the reader’s sympathy
• the author’s novel is referenced to appeal to his credibility as a writer
• a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s anger

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The excerpt provides a specific event (burning of the novel, date, location, quote) which is factual evidence. This appeals to logos (logic) as it presents real - world details to support the claim about censorship's destructiveness.
• Option 2: The event is about censorship, not a personal painful event to evoke sympathy (pathos).
• Option 3: Referencing the author's novel is not about establishing credibility (ethos) in this context; it's about the event of censorship.
• Option 4: There's no strong opinion presented; it's a factual account.

So the correct option is the one with factual evidence appealing to logic.

Answer:

A. factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic