<span><span>toneforceful, logicalforceful, impassioned</span><span>purposeto present opposing arguments in order to refute a viewpointto state an opinion</span><span>structureshort sections stating different key ideasexpert opinion interwoven with historical data and anecdotes</span><span>opinionCarbon dioxide emissions are beneficial rather than harmful.Historical data does not show a problem from increased fossil fuel use. On the contrary, to improve the human experience, people everywhere should be able to use cheap fuels.</span><span>persuasive techniquesscientific data, appeal to logicscientific data, expert opinion, emotional appeal</span><span>textual evidence for persuasive techniques<span>scientific data:
“As presently constituted, earth's atmosphere contains only 370 parts per million (ppm) of the colorless and odorless gas we call carbon dioxide.”appeal to logic:
“If, then, the climate models cannot correctly predict what should be relatively easy for them to correctly predict (the effect of global warming on extreme weather events), why should we believe what they say about something infinitely more complex (the effect of a rise in the air's CO2 content on mean global air temperature)?” </span><span>scientific data:
chart showing increase in human life span because of technological progressemotional appeal:
speaker's reference to his grandson</span></span><span>influence of persuasive techniquesleaves the reader with a sense that there is no room for further debate<span>short, direct presentation makes a favorable impact on the viewer, but the relevance to the issue is not clear</span></span></span>
In looking at the answer choices, a few can be dismissed immediately. From the passage it doesn't seem that the dismissal of the narrator's questions affects her too much. Therefore we can eliminate answers that show a drastic change in the narrator's emotions (the narrator feeling inadequate, lacking control, and fearing she may be doomed). The only answer left is that the narrator is dismissed. In gothic literature women are often seen as helpless, innocent victims.
I think that the element of the story that is least related tot he author's biographical story is the C. SMELL OF MILDEW IN A VIETNAMESE VILLAGE.
Tim O'brien wrote the story using his personal experiences. He was sent to Vietnam in his tour of duty. He's familiar with the geography of the Vietnamese coastline, he vividly describes the climate and landscape, and he feels the fear that the soldier felt during wartime.
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The Correct Answer in : A
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