Read the excerpt from “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry.”

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 best describes the rhetorical appeal used to illustrate the destructive nature of censorship?

A:factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic

B:a painful event is described to appeal to the reader’s sympathy

C:the author’s novel is referenced to appeal to his credibility as a writer

D:a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s anger