This question is missing the options. I've found the complete question online. The options are as follows:
[...] Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been together for 23 years, as have Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Denzel and Pauletta Washington have been married for 28 years, Billy and Janice Crystal for 41 years, and Bill and Camille Cosby for 47 years.
A. brief examples
B. synthetic examples
C. repetitive examples
D. enumerated examples
E. informative examples
Answer:
The kind of supporting materials being used in the excerpt is:
A. brief examples
.
Explanation:
<u>The purpose of using brief examples is to simply further illustrate or demonstrate something to the audience that they may not know, that is not so obvious to them. That is precisely what we have in the excerpt we are analyzing here. The speaker merely wishes to show his/her audience that there are several couples in Hollywood who have been married for quite some time. There is no need to used, for instance, an extended example here. What has been said so far is not so complex as to demand a lengthy example</u>. Notice that the speaker is not necessarily enumerating the couples, nor is he/she providing two much information about them. Their names and how long they've been married are briefly stated, which is enough for the purpose of illustrating the affirmation that "Not all Hollywood marriages are doomed to quick failure."
Answer:
I believe the options are:
(A) All these decisions by public officials and businesses are aimed at one goal: slowing down the spread of the virus to avoid overburdening a health care system that doesn't have the infrastructure to handle a sudden surge of tens of thousands of cases at once.
(B) Epidemiologists study diseases and how they spread. They can somewhat predict how many cases of a disease are going to occur based on how the disease is behaving.
(C) The only reason total U.S. cases aren't already skyrocketing is that coronavirus testing has been such a mess that too few people — just 77 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the whole week of March 8 — are being tested. You can't count cases you haven't identified yet.
(D) But every indication is that the United States is on track to see the same exponential increase other countries are seeing, as scientist Mark Handley has been tracking on Twitter.
Explanation:
Flattening the curve basically means to lessen the pressure on the healthcare system by employing precautionary measures against the coronavirus. These, as you might already be aware, include hand washing, use of face masks, sanitizers, gloves and staying at home to prevent catching the infection.
Without protective measures, the number of cases will increase exponentially, ultimately overburdening the healthcare system. There won't be enough doctors, nurses or medical equipment to cater to the patients.
Ethos, Pathos and Logos are ways of convincing, which convince the audience. More often they call it three artistic proofs, and Aristotle coined these terms.
Ethos is used when it comes to attaining an ethical appeal, to convince the audience that the author has an ethical credibility source, and that he is worth listening. Ethos develops by selecting a words and language that is appropriate for the audience and the topic being discussed, working hard and being fair and impartial, giving the facts about expertise, achievement and pedigree.
Pathos means emotional attraction, and convinces the audience by appealing to their emotions. The author uses a pathos to invoke the emotions of the audience, wanting the audience to feel what the author feels. Pathos can influence the audience to feel pity or anger, depending on the author's needs and what he or she wants to achieve.
In this quote, the author uses a ethos, because his presentation of pedigree and expertise is obvious.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Robinson played checkers with the boys and never felt different because she was a girl.
