2. Ruth and Mama are critical of Beneatha for going from one hobby to another. Why are they critical?

appeal to ethos is your answer.

i think the answer is invented words, rhyming knack, alliteration, and, metaphor.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.