Lately, I have heard of several close calls on the road.
Tammi veered into the opposite lane
while looking for her cell phone. John's friends were making so much noise in the car that he
did not hear an approaching ambulance until the very last minute. Aliya was searching for her
favorite song on a CD and just missed hitting a deer. All are proof that driving while distracted
really increases your risk of an accident and should be avoided. Driving while distracted is like
closing your eyes before you walk down the basement stairs -it adds danger for no good reason.
Which answer best describes the author's use of rhetoric to strengthen the argument?
A. The writer creates a contradiction by showing how several unsafe drivers nearly caused accidents.
• B. The writer combines strong logic and powerful emotional appeals to persuade readers.
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C. The writer sums up the point in a paradox showing that people adopt unsafe behavior even though they know better.
• D. The writer sums up the point in an analogy
comparing distracted driving to an action
