The correct answer should be D. To make the main points more memorable through repetition.
This isn't appealing to ethos because ethos is appealing to credibility. It is questionable whether or not the image itself is memorable or not.
Repetition and parallelisms in speeches are used to make something more memorable and quotable. It is supposed to persuade you and this kind of sentence manipulation enables good diction.
The children would be the reflexive pronoun.
A. where you alternate evidence and explanation, going back and forth.
The quote is referring to life and death. Life leaves us at the mercy of fate; while death or the taking of your own life is a way to stop the uncertainty.
