Question

i need to know which of the rhetorical devices do you think are more appropriate for academic papers? Why?

Answer 1

always go for arguing from authority that will get them every time, my teacher told me that.

baffling with meaningless statistics is also pretty popular at least 64% of the time anyway.

I think you will need to narrow down the choices to help on a specific assignment.

You could always fall back on a well reasoned logical argument with evidence...but where is the fun in that?