Ethos is the rhetoric word used here.
Option (a);
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Rhetoric device is a technique of speaking in which one tries to persuade others by their speech. This is done in many ways: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Ethos is used to convince the audience of the author's credibility.
The above statement in the question states that the author's argument is supported by the Data received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and suggests him to believe as a credential person. Thus, it is an Ethos that gives the exact meaning of the above statement.
Answer: He is broke, sad, and feels guilty about all that has happened, compared to how he was only worried about his reputation at the beginning of the play.
Explanation: In the story, Parris is a minister that is afraid that his daughter has been bewitched, and calls a witchcraft expert. He then knows that said witchcraft was made by his niece and daughter but is afraid that people knowing it may affect his reputation.
Later, in Act IV, after all of the unfair hangings that had been made to innocent people trying to find the culprit, he feels depressed, guilty and hopeless, since also, his niece, who started everything, stole his money and ran away. We can see this in the line: "My daughter tells me how she heard them speaking of ships last week, and tonight I discover my strongbox is broke into".
Answer:
You'd be able to deduce the idiom's meanings from the literal meanings of the words. You'd have trouble figuring out what that idiom meant. ... The words in idioms are too complex for non-native speakers to understand.
Explanation:
I'm not sure what fable you are asking about, but if it's the one about the ants, and the grasshopper then I think the answer is D.