4. Which statement from the passage represents an appeal to reason? (1 point) One study estimates that some 30 million adult Americans are "functionally illiterate". . . When before has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling? I fear that the effects on our habits of mind, our language, our tolerance for effort, and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived. If I am wrong, we will have done no harm to look at the issue skeptically and critically, to consider how we should be resisting it. 5. How does the author appeal to reason in the answer to the previous question? (1 point) through history through data through experts through media events

In this case the author appeals to logic or reason once he presents one study offering data to the reader, and in this way providing credible information to support his idea. This is a rhetorical strategy used by the author in order to connect the reader to his way of thinking creating a link with his audience with the idea to lead him to a final conclusion.

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