In addition to academic and extracurricular achievements in school, i am an involved member of my community. i volunteer at the local animal shelter every saturday morning, and i build houses for a nonprofit organization a few times a year with my family. which rhetorical device is used most clearly here?

"The rhetorical device used in this excerpt is ethos.

Ethos is an ethical appeal. The writer appeals to what the reader probably considers right and wrong and suggests the he/she (the writer) is also a well-behaved, ethical person. The intention in this college application is to show the writer's character and credibility by having the reader follow a simple logical train of thought:

- This writer is a good person. He/she is altruistic and hard-working. Thus, he/she will be an asset for this institution."

answer: i would say he was very determined and persistent in overcoming obstacles.

explanation:   "the magician of menlo park" as he was called, liked to tell an incident that happened when he was 8 years old and came back home crying after attending school for three months because his teacher called him "sterile and unproductive". from nowadays perspective, we can say that thomas alva edison was one of the most persistent and determined man that has ever existed. when edison was 14, he contracted scarlet fever. the effect of the fever, as well as a blow to the head by an angry train conductor, caused edison to become completely deaf in his left ear, and 80-percent deaf in the other. so as you can see he had to struggle to not so many minor issues but he always succeeded.

i used to know but i learned it a long time ago sorry

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