Question

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer question 2 Part B.

Part A

Which sentence from the text uses persuasive language to create an appeal to emotion?

A. More than 100,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant to save their lives. (paragraph 1)
B. They wait day after day after day to hear that some unfortunate person has lost their life, but generously agreed to save theirs. (paragraph 1)
C. And the wait list to get them is ever-growing. (paragraph 1)
D. When someone dies, their remains are typically either cremated or put in a casket and buried. (paragraph 3)
Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Answer: B. They wait day after day after day to hear that some unfortunate person has lost their life, but generously agreed to save theirs. (paragraph 1)

Step-by-step explanation:

Persuasive language is the use of certain words to appeal to the emotions of people such that certain types of feelings are elicited from them. These feels can be pride, sadness, happiness and even anger.

In this case the targeted emotion is sympathy and sadness. By including that the people on the organ transplant waiting list wait for people to not only die but to agree to save their lives is meant to make the reader feel sad about the predicament of people on the organ transplant list.