Question 6 (2 points) Saved
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A Rice concluded her speech with the following sentences. (In these
sentences, she uses the word catastrophe, meaning "disaster.")
H. G. Wells [a famous writer] said that history is a race between education and
catastrophe. Congratulations and welcome to the starting line.

Which type(s) of persuasive appeal is she most clearly making in these
sentences?

Question 6 options:

an appeal to authority and to emotion

an appeal to emotion only

an appeal to authority only

an appeal to reason, to authority, and to emotion

Question 7 (2 points)
Part B Which of the following points from the speech does Rice most clearly
reinforce with the sentences quoted in Part A (question 6)?

Question 7 options:

I first learned about the transforming power of education from stories about
my paternal grandfather. (paragraph 1)

[My grandfather] understood that education is a privilege. (paragraph 2)

[The] world is a better, more hopeful place than it ever has been.
(paragraph 3)

You should know that progress is not only possible, but an unfolding story
in which you have an obligation to play a part. (paragraph 5)

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

explanation:

it is the : d because is true

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.