Which criticism of the speech's argument would a careful reader be most justified in making?

Councillors, neighbours, friends: last winter Mr Kowalski's roses were bulldozed for a car park nobody asked for. I remember him standing at his gate that Saturday morning, hands empty, watching sixty years of work disappear. Who among us wants to leave our children a town made only of concrete? Our town does not need more asphalt. It needs shade, fruit and a place to sit. We can plant it, we can tend it, and we can share it. So tonight I ask you to do one simple thing: vote for the community garden.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. It relies on emotion and one anecdote, with no evidence about costs or use of the garden

  1. Step 1: Look for what the speech does not include: there are no costs, no usage figures, no comparison of options.
  2. Step 2: Its power comes from emotion and a single story, so a critic could say the evidence is thin.
Answer
thin evidence beyond emotion and one anecdote.
Why not the others: The tone is suitable for the setting; the speech has no statistics; it addresses the audience directly at the start.

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