The correct answer is D. Appeal to reasoning
Explanation:
In a persuasive speech there are mainly three types of appeal that includes the emotional appeal that focuses on manipulating the feelings and emotions of the audience to convince them; the ethical appeal that is about using ethics and credibility to convince or persuade the audience and the appeal to logic or reasoning that focuses on facts and logical reasoning such as statistics or reports to persuade the audience by proving the point of the speaker. Therefore, in the case presented in which statistics have been used the appeal the speaker is using is the appeal to reasoning because this speaker is relying on facts or logical reasons rather than on emotions, ethics or credibility.
