Rhetorical questions add a level of cheesiness to the paper and unless you are a very good writer, and I mean college professor level, then you will most likely fail at any attempt. Also writing research papers your suppose to be telling the reader what they don't know instead of asking them what is already do know.
Hover for more information. The Pardoner in "The Pardoner's Tale" personifies death as an "old, old fellow." He meets three drinkers while they are out searching for him--death.
The answer Is D. Ladders
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I believe the term is known as "Thermology".