"I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine of separation and independence; I am clearly, positively, and

conscientiously persuaded that it is the true interest of this continent to be

so; that everything short of that is mere patchwork, that it can afford no

lasting felicity, - that it is leaving the sword to our children, and shrinking

back at a time, when, a little more, a little farther, would have rendered this

continent the glory of the earth."What appeals are being used here?

O logos and ethos

O logos and pathos

O ethos and pathos

O Only ethos

O none of these

O logos and pathos

Explanation:

Logos is the rhetorical resource that evokes logic and we can see that at the beginning of the text the author states that he had no reasons for doing so, logically concluding that the continent wants to be the way it is, that is, nothing that is said will change the positioning of the continent, because he has already taken a position. However, we can see at the end of the passage that the author makes an appeal the author shows how the behavior of the subject is causing unhappiness. This makes him appeal to pathos, evoking sentimentality. The same call is repeated at the end when he speaks of the possibility of reaching eternal glory, which provokes the feeling of nationalism, determination and resilience.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.