Read the passage from of the wisdom of the ancients.
for venus excites the general appetite of conjunction and procreation; cupid, her son, applies the appetite to an individual object. from venus therefore comes the general disposition, from cupid the more exact sympathy.
which statement best describes how the author structures the passage?
he uses logos to convince the reader of his point.
he uses pathos to engage the reader emotionally.
he uses positive connotations to amuse the reader.
he uses negative connotations to frighten the reader.

He uses pathos to engage the reader emotionally.

In this excerpt, the author uses pathos in order to engage with the reader emotionally. His claim presents several different, but related, emotions, such as the "general appetite for procreation" and the "more exact sympathy." The author is trying to engage the reader emotionally by describing these feelings and trying to explain their origin.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

yes, no, maybe, so i honestly don't know best of luck