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Which excerpt is the best example of an appeal to logos?A.Some experts warned that the world could be on the verge of a "nightmare scenario" of cut-throat competition for the control of shrinking supplies.B.Back in 1974, Kissinger spoke of the "thin edge between hope and hunger." A generation on, it is time to take it seriously.C.Biofuels transferred over 100 million tons of cereals from plates to petrol tanks: to fill a 4 x 4 tank requires enough grain to feed a poor person for a year."D.Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, warns that the rising prices are "a threat to global growth and social stability."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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Which excerpt is the best example of an appeal to logos?A.Some experts warned that the world could be on the verge of a "nightmare scenario" of cut-throat competition for the control of shrinking supplies.B.Back in 1974, Kissinger spoke of the "thin edge between hope and hunger." A generation on, it is time to take it seriously.C.Biofuels transferred over 100 million tons of cereals from plates to petrol tanks: to fill a 4 x 4 tank requires enough grain to feed a poor person for a year."D.Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, warns that the rising prices are "a threat to global growth and social stability."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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The excerpt that best exemplifies an appeal to logos is C. "Biofuels transferred over 100 million tons of cereals from plates to petrol tanks: to fill a 4 x 4 tank requires enough grain to feed a poor person for a year." This statement uses specific data and logical reasoning to make its point, which is characteristic of an appeal to logos.

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