Answer:
She wants to establish credibility and gain the respect of her audience.
Explanation:
Ethos is all about establishing one's authority to speak about a topic, like saying, "As a doctor, I am qualified enough to say that..."
Take out the bare parts: the subject and verb: forests _____.
If you still can't tell, assimilate it to something easier. Let's say "they are".
Both "forests" and "they" are plural.
Now, you wouldn't say "they is"; the verb also has to be plural.
Back to "forests _____": forests contain. (A)
By the Process of Elimination, C and D are incorrect. You also cannot fill it out with "has contained" because that is singular. It would be "have contained", but that does not make sense in the context.
So, the final answer would sound like this:
The forests near my home contain many different types of trees and plants.
I hope that clarifies the problem (:
The correct answer is "Few in the band have learned all of their music yet". When a verb agrees with its pronoun subject, it needs to sound natural. "Neither" and "either" always agree with a verb in singular form, and "anybody" agrees with a verb in the singular form as well.
