Which best describes the way that thoreau structured "resistance to civil government."? a. he uses pathos to establish facts and clear reasoning and then logos to motivate his readers emotionally. b. he uses logos to show the sensibility of his argument and then ethos to show that he has put his ideas into practice. c. he uses pathos to appeal to his readers' emotions and then logos to show that his argument is common sense as well. d. he uses logos to build his credibility and then logos to appeal to his readers' common sense and logic. s

B. He uses logos to show the sensibility of his argument and then ethos to show that he has put his ideas into practice.

Explanation:

In "Resistance to Civil Government," Thoreau uses rhetorical devices in order to convey a powerful message. Initially, he uses logos to show the sensibility of his argument. He explains to us why it is that he believes resistance is important and necessary, and why all citizens have the right to follow their principles and values. Later on, he uses ethos to show that he has put his ideas into practice. By explaining this, he gains credibility and makes his argument more persuasive.

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.