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Read the following passage:


"Within a decade," promised the top representative of the world's mightiest country, "no man, woman or child will go to bed hungry."

Geoffrey Lean, "One Poor Harvest Away from Chaos"
How does the passage appeal to ethos?
A. It shows that the author is biased against the poor.
B. It uses a quote from a public figure to establish credibility.
C. It introduces the main idea of the article.
D. It makes the audience feel better about the problem.

Respuesta :

c.it introduces the main idea of the article
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Answer:

C. It introduces the main idea of the article.

Explanation:

The writer of the newspaper article has started his text with the given quotation. It introduces his main idea and his intention is to appeal to the readers' sense of ethics -ethos-. In fact, the quotation he has used was said by Dr Henry Kissinger in  1974  at the World Food Conference, and this article is from 2011. Geofry Lean claims that hunger has become even a larger problem since that time and he supports this fact with reliable evidence.

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