Read this excerpt from a student election speech: My two years of experience as your vice president, my tireless commitment to t
he students of this school, and my willingness to be your voice and represent you when meeting with the school authorities make me the ideal candidate for senior class president. Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here? A. Author's purpose B. Ethos C. Pathos D. Inductive reasoning
Based on the excerpt of the student's speech, it can be said that the rhetorical device being used is "Ethos". The excerpt is trying to make an appeal to ethics. The speaker is trying to establish his credibility by making enumeration of what he has done and what he can do.He is trying to convince the audience of his character and his capability.
The sentence that contains the central idea from the essay " The Fallacy of Success" is "They are books showing men how to succeed in everything; they are written by men who cannot even succeed in writing books. The correct answer is A.
<span>Instead of being the warm center of the world, The Middle West now seemed like the rugged edge of the universe- so i decided to go East and learn the bond business. hope this helped :3</span>
