Select the correct answer. What kind of appeal is the speaker using in the following statement?

In the past two years, we have seen an increase in the tax burden of 5 percent on middle-income families. This tax increase coincides with a 10 percent decrease in consumer spending.

A. an appeal to the author’s principles

B. an appeal to the author’s credibility

C. an appeal to emotion

D. an appeal to logic

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 5, scene 5. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. which prediction about the plot does this passage most support? brutus will replace caesar. brutus will take his own life. brutus will surrender to his enemies. brutus will be forever haunted by caesar.

Study the map below. based on the information shown on this map, which ofthe following locations served as an eastern border for the mongol empire?

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs. match each excerpt to the type of characterization it uses.