Question

If it is true that land does not belong to anyone until they have buried a body in it, then the land of my birthplace belongs to me, dozens of times over. Yet the history of my family, like that of all black Southerners, is a history of dispossession. We loved the land and worked the land, but we never owned it; and even if we bought land, as my great-grandfather did after the Civil War, it was always in danger of being taken away, as his was, during the period following Reconstruction.
Which sentence explains how the use of ethos affects the meaning of the text?

a)By describing her family’s connection to the land, Walker shows that they had a right to claim it as theirs.
b)Walker mentions the Civil War and Reconstruction to show her knowledge of history.
c)Walker discusses the role of her great-grandfather to prove how connected her family is.
d)By discussing the work put into the land, Walker shows why other people wanted to take away the land.

Answer 1

The sentence that explains how the use of ethos affects the meaning of the text is:

• b) Walker mentions the Civil War and Reconstruction to show her knowledge of history.

What is Ethos?

Ethos refers to a speaker's credibility in speaking on a subject matter. The speaker in the text above demonstrated credibility by virtue of her historical knowledge.

She knew how her great grand father's land was taken because he was black. So, she could speak about the injustice meted on the blacks.

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