The excerpt is an example of direct characterization using on
a character's actions
a character's dialogue
the narratoris description
other characters thoughts

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pathos were used a lot by ronald reagan in his speech which means that he used rhetorical strategies in his speech.its an emotion of sympathetic pity or compassion.the controversy of pathos refers to the emotional appeal of the readers or audiences and he uses it to his full potential in the speech of the challenger astronauts.

“today is a day for mourning and remembering. nancy and i are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle challenger. we know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. this is truly a national loss” (reagan).the above should go as an evidence of pathos being used by ronald reagan.

the answer is: overall, deluca's wide-ranging evidence will prove that rock lyrics are indeed poetry.

in the writing "dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry" by dan deluca, he is telling about the awards that dylan received, he got the nobel prize in literature, recognizing his rock song letter as poems, in this case deluca use this to support his argument that rock lyrics are poetry.