Persuasive devices are the most common way in which an author expresses his ideas and appeals to readers. Persuasive devices allow an author to describe what his thoughts are in a clear and convincing way. Moreover, they allow him to present a stronger argument. The most commonly used persuasive devices are <em>ethos</em> (appeal to credibility), <em>pathos</em> (appeal to emotion) and <em>logos</em> (appeal to logic).
Persuasive Devices - Think debates. People will use the art of persuasion to make their ideas appealing to the audience. It applies the same way here. The author will use persuasive devices to make their ideas known to the reader and make them appealing.
I believe fused sentence would be the answer. Because “the mayor...” and “the local classic car auction...” could be two separate stand alone sentences but they were incorrectly fused together by a comma.
