An ad for Hydroxycut, a dietary supplement sold as a weight loss aid, depicts a handsome man with an open shirt with ripped abdominal muscles who claims that he “was shocked at how fast Hydroxycut worked” when he lost 27 pounds. This ad is using
A) a rhetorical appeal.
B) a sex appeal.
C) a humorous appeal.
D) an appeal to self-esteem.
E) a fear appeal.