Read the following sentence from an argumentative essay.
What good is a car without an engine?
What rhetorical approach is the writer most likely to be taking in this
sentence?
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A. The writer wants to appear ignorant so that the reader mistakenly
underestimates him or her.
O
B. The writer wants to distract the reader with an analogy that is
most likely not related to his or her point.
O
C. The writer wants the reader to conduct further research in order to
determine the answer
O
D. The writer wants the reader to come to a common-sense
conclusion on his or her own