Read the following passage: The basketball team should find a new coach. Sure, the old coach has won two titles in the past three years, but he's hard to be around, and his fashion sense is terrible. Which statement best evaluates the use of a claim and reasoning?
A. The passage does not have a claim and does not contain any sound reasoning
B. The passage has a strong claim backed up by sound reasoning
C. The passage has a strong claim that is not backed up by sound reasoning
D. The passage does not have a claim but does contain sound reasoning.

Iwas conscious that a moment's mutiny had already rendered me liable to strange penalties, and, like any other rebel slave, i felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths." what is meant by the term resolved as it is used in this sentence? a) determined b) questioning c) uneasy d) unsure

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way

Correct sentence. when her brother boarded the ship bound for america, christina stood on the pier and tearfully waved goodbye.