Which of the following best explains the strategy truth uses in the second
paragraph to develop her key ideas?
d
a. she uses an insult to the audience in order to distract them from
the real argument.
b. she refers to herself in the third person in order to make the
audience trust her.
o
c. she uses evidence to present a strong, factual argument in
support of her opinion.
d. she uses a rhetorical question to invite the audience to consider
her point of view.

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.