The main goal of a fable is to:
<span>b. teach a moral
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Most of the fables I have read are either implicitly or explicitly teaching a moral lesson. The usual flow of events is stating the main problem of the characters involved and then providing a solution to it which later on realized by them.
I think it is A. It is similar to C but the difference is that it is more tense if it is in the moment and not past tense.
1. sentence fragment
2. complete sentence
3. run-on sentence
4. run-on sentence
5. sentence fragment
6. sentence fragment
Ethos is the rhetoric word used here.
Option (a);
<u>EXPLANATION: </u>
Rhetoric device is a technique of speaking in which one tries to persuade others by their speech. This is done in many ways: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Ethos is used to convince the audience of the author's credibility.
The above statement in the question states that the author's argument is supported by the Data received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and suggests him to believe as a credential person. Thus, it is an Ethos that gives the exact meaning of the above statement.