Well we all have our own ways of comprehension, he may just be quicker to understand things than most other people. Also, with him being a detective, he would need to be able to think quickly to help him catch people in lies.
Step-up transformers are used in the transmission of electrical energy by increasing the voltage for efficient long-distance transmission. Step-up transformers increases the voltage which will increase resistance at constant current. At a lower current value, transmission is much more efficient.
The correct answer is: to persuade.
Let's remeber that to persuade is "to make someone do or believe something by giving a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them beleieve it." To achieve this, the author can use logic and reason based on evidence and facts, or he can appeal to pathos, the emotions of the audience.
In this case, in the <em>Tilbury Speech</em>, Queen Elizabeth is trying to convince her troops that although she is a woman she is very capable to be a good leader and take them to victory. She is encouraging them to fight against the Spanish invasion. Their later victory against the Spanish Armada shows that this speech was effective as it made the troops follow their queen's leadership.
In the Response to the <em>Parliament's Request that she marry,</em> she persuades the Parliament that she has the freedom to choose what to do with her life. By reading the response, we can see that she chosed very carefully every word, this to keep people calm about her situation. She states that she is not in denial towards marriage but that things can't be rushed. In this way she calmed down the Parliament.