The first choice; Thurber disagrees with the decision
Answer:
Non sequitur.
Explanation:
Fallacy can be defined as a mistaken or false belief that are based on illogical arguments or reasoning.
However, a lot of people might actually think it to true but it isn't. There are various types of fallacy, these include;
black or white, non sequitur, ad hominem, bandwagon, appeal to authority, straw man, oversimplification/hasty generalization.
A non sequitur in Latin simply means that, "it does not follow." When a conclusion made doesn't tally or align with a previous statement (evidence), it is known as non sequitur.
Simply stated, a non sequitur refers to a statement that isn't logical.
Example of a non sequitur are;
"For a great night's sleep, buy a mattress from Mattress Warehouse. Our unique brand of mattress is the only mattress that Stephen King will buy for his home."
"I had dysentery last night after eating meat pie, pizzas are the best and tastiest."
The rhetorical device used by Twain in this excerpt is the anecdote (C.).
<u>An anecdote is defined as an entertaining narrative, usually relating biographical events</u>.
This definition fits to the text because the story is an account of events which happened to the character in the past ("One winter's night, two years ago, I...") and the narrative is comical enough to be considered for entertainement value ("I was carrying off a box of guns ... and he had got my corpse!").
