Question

In other cases, the censoring has been direct and brutal. On February 28, 1981 the morning newspaper carried a story about the burning of my novel, Bless Me, Ultima. The book was banned from high school classes in Bloomfield, New Mexico, and a school board member was quoted as saying: “We took the books out and personally saw that they were burned.” Which type of rhetoric used most shows how the powerful use censorship to silence the powerless? an appeal to emotion an appeal to ethics an appeal to logic an appeal to the author’s character

Answer 1

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In other cases, the censoring has been direct and brutal. On February 28, 1981 the morning newspaper carried a story about the burning of my novel, Bless Me, Ultima. The book was banned from high school classes in Bloomfield, New Mexico, and a school board member was quoted as saying: “We took the books out and personally saw that they were burned.” Which type of rhetoric used most shows how the powerful use censorship to silence the powerless? an appeal to emotion an appeal to ethics an appeal to logic an appeal to the author’s character

Answer: Anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books.

Answer 2

C. An appeal to logic.