Read the sentence from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen. I went to buy this new equipment I thought I'd need and met a man who had a machine shop of his own who was about to retire and move to Florida.

What type of signal word is used in this sentence?

generalization
description
thought
feeling

The kind of signal word that has been employed in the given sentence would be:

A). Generalization.

'Signal words' are described as the words that display the association between the various thoughts or the ideas represented in the given text.

The Signal words are of various kinds:

In the given sentence, 'generalization' is the kind of signal word that is employed to link the idea of 'I...equipment' and 'I...Florida.'

This helps the readers understand that the speaker made the decision of purchasing the equipment on a common perception.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

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yes, it is ethos.

i hope this !

-maddie