Answer: A. Felt that their efforts were not successful.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "A Rumor of War" we can see the description of how the soldiers felt discouraged because they discovered that the men they had scorned as peasant guerrillas were a lethal enemy. From the given options, the one that best expresses the fellings of the soldiers about the discovery and the situation, is the corresponding to option A, they felt that their efforts were not successful, and that broke their confidence.
Answer:
C. Ethical Appeal.
Explanation:
Ethical Appeal is a type of persuasion that reveals about the credibility of the author. It is also known as ethos. In this type of persuasion, the audience is persuaded based on the speaker's credibility or how much the speaker is credible and worth listening to. The author's credibility is known based on his unbiasedness and fairness.
The given passage is taken from the speech named <u>"The Strenuous Life" delivered by Theodore Roosevelt on 10th April 1899</u>. The speech was delivered to encourage his audience to overcome hardships and strenuous life should be the lifestyle of Americans, that they should not live a life of idleness. He shares the experience of his life, of how he also overcame hardship and became the 26th President of the United States. So, his audience was persuaded based on Roosevelt's credibility. Thus, the correct answer is option C, ethical appeal.
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