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Hey CC,

Need help with this passage:

Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage.

The big doors of the hotel are padlocked. So far nobody has smashed their glass panels. Nobody could stand to do it because the panels mirror your own face as well as the view behind your back: acres of chive grass edging the sparkly beach, a movie- screen sky, and an ocean that wants you more than anything. No matter the outside loneliness, if you look inside, the hotel seems to promise you ecstasy and the company of all your best friends. And music. The shift of a shutter hinge sounds like the cough of a trumpet; piano keys waver a quarter note above the wind so you might miss the hurt jamming those halls and closed-up rooms.

  1. The passage is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT (A) visual imagery (B) auditory description (C) contrast (D) an appeal to reason (E) hypothetical musings

I chose option E, but it appears to be D. I believe the passage gives an appeal to reason: “Nobody could stand to do it BECAUSE the panels mirror…”

Thanks!

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To clarify my explanation, the author is explaining why nobody has smashed the glass panels - he is giving a reason for the panels’ not being smashed.

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“appeal to reason” is a technical term (like sonnet or hyperbole) that refers to an author’s attempt to persuade the reader by means of a reasoned argument. That you have identified a reason does not mean you have identified an appeal to reason.

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Where does the aithor makes a contrast ? Thanks

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“Outside loneliness” contrasts with “the hotel seems to promise you ecstasy and the company of all your best friends. And music.”