Answer: D. By showing that he is willing to go to jail for his beliefs.
A appeal to ethos is an appeal on ethical grounds. This type of appeal presents the author as someone credible and worth listening to, in order to make his argument more persuasive. Thoreau believes in resistance to government, and he carries it out by not paying taxes for six years. By showing that he is willing to go to jail for his beliefs, he is more likely to convince people that his argument is moral and worth listening to.
For passive, The beggar was laughed at by the boy.
Explanation: For passive the subject isn’t doing the action. So, in this case, the boy is the subject, and he’s doing the laughing. There’s also a sense that a passive sentence is wordy and could be shortened.
You should avoid using I because readers get the feeling that the book is too self-centered which can often cause them to stop reading.
A, because it is a much bigger conflict than listening to bad advice, leaving home, or ending a bad relationship.
