Question

"Useless Creatures"
by Richard Conniff
But usefulness is precisely the argument other peopleput forward to justify destroying or displacing wildlife,and they generally bring a larger and more persuasivekind of green to the argument. Nothing you can sayabout 100 acres in the New Jersey Meadowlands willever add up for a politician who thinks a new shoppingmall will mean more jobs for local voters (andcontributions to his campaign war chest). Nothing youcan say about the value of rhinos for ecotourism inSouth Africa will ever matter to a wildlife trafficker whocan sell their horns for $30,000 a pound in Vietnam.
Reprinted by permission of author Richard Conniff
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
What type of argument does the author use inthis speech?
(1 point)
ad hominem
logos
pathos
syntax

Answer 1

logos — the author uses logical reasoning and real-world examples (politicians, traffickers, economic incentives) to support the point.