Which statement best describes the type of appeal, or argument, the author makes in paragraph 12?

A)The author is presenting a logical argument for declaring a new planet.

B)The author is making an emotional appeal for declaring a new planet.

C)The author is launching an ad hominem attack on those against declaring a new planet.

D)The author is relying on anecdotal evidence to support declaring a new planet.

12 If I had heard back then about the discovery of something at the edge of the solar system, I wouldn’t have waited for a body of astronomers to tell me what it was. I would have immediately cut out a little disk of white paper and taped it to the poster of planets on my bedroom wall. That night, I would have looked up, straining to see the latest addition to our solar system, hoping that I, too, might someday find a new planet.


War of the Worlds by Mike Brown