For this item, I will go with the first option, "What is the authors purpose in writing this piece?". This is important to ask in first read of a multi-draft reading process because if we desire to know something about the subject, it is important to note how the reading material would be of help to us and we know that by the purpose of the author.
Answer:
Ethos is a writer's ability to build credibility, establish himself as an expert, and/or convince the readers that he has their best interests at heart.
Explanation:
Question 1. The answer is perfection. This is made clear by the narrators obsession with the beauty and perfection of the white umbrella.
Question 2. The answer is because she had to work late. The story clearly states that their mother wasn't going to be on time because she had to work.
Question 3. The best answer I can come up with is that she knows her feelings of shame are inappropriate.
I gave the answers to questions 4 and 5 in the comments.
Hope this helps!
Answer: a book about pigs
Explanation:
The source that would be the most unreliable source for a research on pigs would be a book about pigs.
A local pig farmer would be a reliable source as he is involved with the animals daily and therefore knows what they eat, how they mate, how they give birth and other things relating to them.
Also, a veterinarian and a friend with a pet pig would also give a reliable source of the research as they also have first hand experience with them.
The book on pigs is and unreliable source
His mother catches scarlet fever and dies at the time that he was preparing to go to university in Ingolstadt.
