Lines 78 - 79 : Notice the word convince in line 78. Name other words that have a similar denotation . How does the author's use of convince impact the sentence differently than words such as coerce or pressure ?

Other words in place of convince:

1. Persuade

2. Enjoin

3. Appeal

4. Placate

Explanation:

Convince as a word is better and subtle in order to make an argument or proposition to have substance and be appealing to reasonableness. The audience will be more disposed to empathy and reasoning in the argument put forward.

On the other hand, use of words such as coerce and pressure may trigger anger and resentment which may lead to opposition or rejection of argument being propounded by the desired or targeted audience.

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.

comfortable

explanation:

one type of the adjectives is predicate adjective. a predicate adjective is an adjective which follows a linking verb and modifies or refers back to the main subject of that linking verb.

it usually is used just before the noun it modies.

here in this example:

'penguins seem comfortable in the coolest habitats', comfortable is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'seem' and modifies the noun.