I just took this test a while back let me think about it
It causes the reader to think that Cecily is a quick-witted person. Cecily was able to respond quickly with a counter argument, but that doesn’t mean that Cecily dislikes Algernon, that Algernon is funny or that Algernon is confused. (Algernon definitely isn’t confused since he was making a statement of how Cecily was his little cousin...meaning younger.)
Answer: B is your answer 100%
Explanation: " the use of inflated language to cause irrational fear" which definitely matches with an example of manipulative use of audience appeals
