Which of the following phrases is the best example of an appeal to ethos?
a. you will make the right choice because you have something that few others have: you have heart.
b. i come before you today as someone who has studied the issue and wants to do the right thing.
c. in 15 years of exploring these woods, i haven't seen a single snake.
d. history has shown time and again that the determined will succeed.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.