This passage shows that mama is strong and knows the benefits of her shape and type. She is big, and that is to her advantage because it gives her strength and her fat keeps her warm in the winter. It also shows that she is just as capable of completing difficult tasks as a man would be.
The whole passage is an example of the authors purpose to persuade, and at least in this case, for a good purpose, which is motivating the reader.
But in the middle of the text, the use of the "evidence" persuasive technique, providing facts of people who overcame challenges, is totally clear.
In the three-way persuasive techniques approach (Ethos, pathos and logos), this historical examples would be evidence of the logos technique (logical knowledge).
Answer:
1. (C.) -» I hated myself for doubting the integrity of others, yet others did the same when I asked of their findings.
2. (C.) -» by explaining what the narrator hoped to find when he first left his home.
3. (Ď.) -» Prejudice
4. languages
5. (A.) -» When I left my home a year ago, my spirits were filled with hopes of providing a healthy and profitable life for my family; I dreamed of a chance to be an active part in the building of a new community of spiritual, law–abiding citizens.
6. (C.) -»The setting produced caused the narrator to value others more than before.
Explanation:
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