However and forward i think. tell me if i'm incorrect. hope i helped!
Ethos is an appeal to ethetics and it means of convincing someone of the character credibility of the persauder
If it is the question that you are referencing to then I would say the answer would be hopeful. The garden Is not dead and she is not as alone as she thinks. You must look into the message of the story for this.
I believe it would be an irregular verb.