Question

Read the excerpt from "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?
O factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader's sense of logic
O a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader's sense of justice
O an emotional anecdote is related to appeal to the reader's sympathy
O the author's love of reading is referenced to appeal to his character

Answer 1

O a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader's sense of justice. The author expresses a clear opinion on the issue of censorship and suggests that it is a violation of people's rights. This is meant to appeal to the reader's sense of justice and persuade them to agree with the author's viewpoint. The author does not use factual evidence or emotional anecdotes to support their argument, but instead relies on a persuasive rhetorical style to make their point.