English

Chanel Huerta

4 June, 14:25

Analyzing Appeals

Which best describes how this passage appeals to the

reader's emotions?

The birds, for example - where had they gone? Many

people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding

stations in the backyards were deserted. The few birds

seen anyvhere were moribund; they trembled violently

and could not fly. It was a spring without voices.

-Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

by describing birds near death and a spring without

chirping

by highlighting people's confusion about what is

happening to the birds

by contrasting the way people feel with what is

happening to the birds