In persuasive texts, writers use rhetorical devices, patterns of writing that seek to sway their readers by emphasizing ideas and stirring readers' emotions. Examples include parallelism, anaphora, antithesis, and repetition.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Which is one of the reasons that swift gives for his proposal? a.) the threat of harvesting babies would engourage stronger discipline among the young b.) thereis a famine inthe land, nd the children are plentiful c.) the meat of the irish infandts goes well with many dofferent vegetables d.) children would become valuable property

What is the purpose of this public service announcement? to encourage people to donate to recycling programs to encourage people to join recycling advocacy group