According to your textbook, what kind of reasoning is used in the following statement?

Five years ago, we came together as a community by voting to build a new elementary school.

Today we are asking you to come together again, this time to build a new recreational facility.

If we did it before, we can do it again.

The answer options are:

a. positive reasoning

b. analogical reasoning

c. chronological reasoning

d. functional reasoning

e. dialogical reasoning

The correct answer is: B. Analogical reasoning.

Explanation:

Analogical reasoning can be understood as any type of thinking that involves the use of analogies.

An analogy is a comparison between two or more separate things that relate in some way for the purpose of explaining something.

In this particular case, the statement contains analogical reasoning when it says that "Five years ago, we came together as a community to build a new elementary school. Today we are asking you to come together again, this time to build a recreational facility.

Two separate situations are being compared.

In conclusion, the correct answer is b. analogical reasoning.