Read the following excerpt from a speech:
fellow employees, i know our sales are down this year.
perhaps you, like many of us, have been working harder
than ever and feel that you are not gaining any ground. i
assure you that things will improve: sales will improve, the
company will improve, and your skills will improve. but
trust me when i tell you that i understand how difficult the
past few months have been
which statement best explains why the final sentence is effective?

a. it acknowledges the reality of a stressful situation.

b. it appeals to the audience's sense of common purpose.

c. it makes the case for employees to work harder.

d. it dismisses the concerns of pessimistic listeners.

A. It acknowledges the reality of a stressful situation

Explanation:

The employee was right. He understood how tough things were and he addressed them carefully. He gave them hope that things will work out well and maybe he wasn't sure if they would. He made his statement to remind them that at the end of a dark tunnel there is light. Thank you

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.