Question

Daring Dachshund and Pup Wonder Save the Day . . . Not Read the example of a rhetorical question from paragraph 3:

Not one single person liked the joke the first time, so why would anyone like it after 20 repetitions?

1. Analysis: It involves a logical fallacy.
Purpose or Effect: It uses intensely negative words to manipulate readers' emotions.
2. Analysis: It involves a logical fallacy.
Purpose or Effect: It shuts out alternative views instead of answering them.
3. Analysis: It reinforces the author's logical reasoning.
Purpose or Effect: It invites readers to test the accuracy of the writer's claims.
4. Analysis: It reinforces the author's logical reasoning.
Purpose or Effect: It adds a sense of urgency to the writer's overall argument.

Answer 1

Answer: 2

Explanation: The question assumes that because no one liked the joke initially, repetition can't make it likable (a faulty/informal inference), and it’s posed rhetorically to dismiss the opposing idea rather than engage with it—shutting out alternative views instead of answering them.