Excerpt from Viewpoints on Vaccines
Todd Cotterman and Janice Rowker
Excerpt 1: The ingredients in vaccines are shocking. Besides the bacteria that supposedly build up a child’s immunity to disease, many vaccines also contain aluminum, monosodium glutamate or MSG, and formaldehyde. That last ingredient is a known carcinogen. Can you imagine injecting a healthy newborn with a known cancer-causing agent?
Excerpt 2: Most people received vaccinations as children and led healthy lives, so they do not understand how their children could be in danger. The truth is children today receive more vaccine doses than we did when we were young. Do you remember getting the chicken pox? Today, we vaccinate kids against this common childhood disease. While the chicken pox is not fun, there is no reason to immunize a child against it. After having the chicken pox, your body builds up a natural immunity to it. As a parent, I know that I do not want unnatural chemicals in my children’s bodies.
What is the overall tone created by the use of rhetorical questions in the second passage?
Question 4 options:
The use of rhetorical questions scares the reader and creates a more fearful tone that the first passage.
The use of rhetorical questions confuses the reader and creates a more ominous tone than the first passage.
The use of rhetorical questions delights the reader and creates a more humorous tone than the first passage.
The use of rhetorical questions engages the reader and creates a more personable tone than the first passage.