Answer:
D. The author should have used a stronger emotional appeal about how much she hates gym class.
Explanation:
Option D is the statement that best explains a weakness in the authors use of appeal in the passage.
The author tries to state the effect of gym class and why it should be something voluntary in schools. The reasons the author gave did not give enough clarity on why it should be voluntary. A stronger emotional would be better.
The answer is B. In the second stanza, all the lines rhyme
A
Women and men were not equal in the 19th century. Women were seen as 'the weaker sex'. This particularly affected middle class women because they had no reason to leave the home or go to work. The middle classes took the role of women very seriously because they did not have to worry about things like poverty. The ideal woman was to be 'the angel in the house' and support her husband.
