Read the paragraph.
i have been a nurse for twenty years. in that time, i have seen a great number of patients suffer because they did not have health insurance. one of the worst cases was a young mother of two who was diagnosed with early stage skin cancer. because she could not afford treatment, the cancer spread from her skin to other parts of her body. by the time i saw her for the first time, the cancer had reached her brain and she could no longer be . this sort of thing should not happen to anyone. a strong universal health care system could prevent instances like this from occurring.
what makes this appeal from the paragraph convincing?
one of the worst cases was a young mother of two who was diagnosed with early stage skin cancer.
a) it uses a specific example as evidence.
b) it appeals to the reader’s sense of logic.
c) it shows the writer’s credibility.
d) it reveals important statistics.
the answer is c - it shows the writer's credibility. i just took the test

Although alice walker published a number of essays, poetry collections, and stories during the 1970s, her third novel, the color purple, ) which was published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim in that it won both the national book award as well as the pulitzer prize (b) published in 1982, bringing her the widest acclaim by winning both the national book award and the pulitzer prize (c) published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim, winning both the national book award and the pulitzer prize (d) was published in 1982 and which, winning both the national book award and the pulitzer prize, brought her the widest acclaim (e) was published in 1982, winning both the national book award as well as the pulitzer prize, and bringing her the widest acclaim

Read the excerpt from "a defence of poetry.” poetry thus makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world; it arrests the vanishing apparitions which haunt the interlunations of life, and veiling them, or in language or in form, sends them forth among mankind, bearing sweet news of kindred joy to those with whom their sisters abide—abide, because there is no portal of expression from the caverns of the spirit which they inhabit into the universe of things. poetry redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man. which details from the excerpt provide more information about shelley’s idea that poetry "makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world”? check all that apply. arrests the vanishing apparitions which haunt the interlunations of life sends them forth among mankind, bearing sweet news to those with whom their sisters abide no portal of expression from the caverns of the spirit redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man

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