Read this excerpt from a room of one's own by virginia woolf:

[a]ny woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at.

why did woolf most likely include this passage in the essay?

a. to use a historical period to the reader track her argument more easily
b. to add an emotional element that evokes sympathy on the part of the reader
c. to add a magical feeling that makes her essay more interesting and fun
d. to establish her credibility as an expert on supernatural phenomena

The speech president kennedy's report to the american people uses logos, ethos, and pathos, which are

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

Read the following passage and answer the question.this clumsy living that moves lumberingas if in ropes through what is not donereminds us of the awkward way the swan walks.describe the meaning of this quote in at least 150 words.