Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
the excerpt above uses which of the following rhetorical devices?

allusion
ethos
pathos
metonymy

How do sotomayor’s descriptions of her family most likely affect readers? they show readers how latina families decorate their homes. they give readers images of the importance of family. they describe the struggle sotomayor endured in becoming a judge. they give readers feelings of hopelessness and desperation.

Read the following excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." he turned and shut me into the room alone. i had no idea where he'd gone. i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i was in a terrible mental state. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole. which sentence from the excerpt would a prepared speaker best use to support the viewpoint that miep gies was in terrible danger? i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole.

In the following sentence, passing is a . congress is passing a new, stronger law. a. verb b. participle c. gerund