**Author: 'We must distinguish between symptoms and causes. Treating a fever with cold compresses may bring temporary relief, but it does not address the underlying infection. So too with social reforms: we may alleviate immediate suffering without addressing root inequities.'** The author's main RHETORICAL strategy is to:
AUse an analogy from medicine to argue about social policy
BTell a personal anecdote
CRefute a specific opponent
DPresent statistical data
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Use an analogy from medicine to argue about social policy
The author draws an explicit parallel between treating disease symptoms (medical analogy) and treating social problems. This is a classic rhetorical analogy. Options B, C, D are absent from the passage.
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