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

Answer 1

The author uses a logos argument in this passage. Logos refers to logical reasoning and the use of facts and statistics to support an argument. The author discusses the economic reasons people give for destroying or displacing wildlife, such as job creation from malls or the high value of rhino horns for trafficking, indicating a reliance on logical reasoning related to economic benefits.