The primary focus of a persuasive speech is to persuade, be it a product or an event. Persuasion is necessary to encourage people to be interested in what you are talking about.
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Richie had felt a mad, exhilarating kind of energy growing in the room. . . . He thought he recognized the feeling from his childhood, when he felt it everyday and had come to take it merely as a matter of course. He supposed that, if he had ever thought about that deep-running aquifer of energy as a kid (he could not recall that he ever had), he would have simply dismissed it as a fact of life, something that would always be there, like the color of his eyes . . . .
I believe the answer is: b.Childhood has a magical quality that slips away.
From the excerpt, we can see how Richie is mesmerized by the type of energy that he as a child could have with the things that exist in the childhood room. He probably wondering how such simple things could bring happiness to children while adults cannot achieve the same level of happiness with more extravagant things.
The answer is: [C]: past .
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Note: The "underlined verb" has to be "made"; since "made" is the ONLY verb in the sentence given.
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Making mistakes is only human, and it is a good practice to forgive people. Explanation: classic example of ad hominem fallacy is given below: A: “All murderers are criminals, but a thief isn't a murderer, and so can't be a criminal.” B: “Well, you're a thief and a criminal, so there goes your argument.”
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it is a active voice cause the subject is performing the action
subject is campground