Unit Test — Cumulative exam

Question 55 • PBCSD_CR_1001345_English 2_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2025

Which sentence contains an example of ethos?

Answer

Your ability to play the piano will suffer if you do not tickle the ivories every night.

As a soccer coach with 20 years of experience, I know your skills will decline if you keep skipping practice.

Lexi read that the more vegetables you eat, the healthier you are, so she begged her family eat vegetables daily.

Your decision to stay home instead of attending the celebration at your aunt’s house will break her heart.

Explanation

Ethos persuades by establishing the speaker’s credibility or expertise. Choice B says the speaker is a soccer coach with 20 years of experience, giving a reason to trust their advice about practice. The other choices rely on consequences or an appeal to information rather than the speaker’s qualifications.

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