1.) This oath even forbade me means that this promise even prevented me. The answer is letter C. Since, in a literal sense, oath means promise and forbade means to prevent.
2.) It's more of the second statement - <span>I do not believe that the presidency gives me the authority to abolish slavery. Since in </span>his personal opinion, <span>Lincoln agreed that all slaves should be freed. But he did not believe that "the Constitution gave him the power to free all the slaves". He hoped that could be done slowly, during peacetime.</span>
<span>Rev. Hale. He wants to save their lives.</span>
The main reason why the Senator begins his sentence with "I speak" is to show his sincerity.
<h3>What is Pathos?</h3>
This refers to the rhetorical device that is used to show the emotional appeals used by a person in a given text.
Hence, we can see that the emotional diction used by Senator Smith is logos as she talks about the seriousness of the situation which leads her to use simple words to speak.
The figurative language used by Senator Smith was shown in "...taken to heart" and it serves the purpose to show that she means they would take her words seriously.
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