Option D is the one that best describes an example of the author's use of logos. <em>Logos</em> refers to a persuasive technique in which the author of a text uses logic and arguments in order to convince an audience of a particular position. It is one of three modes of persuasion, the other ones being <em>ethos</em> and <em>pathos</em>. Logos relies on facts that can be proven and arguments that appeal to the audience's rationality.