What is it that makes the narrator of “the gift of the magi” believe that jim and della are wise? a the narrator believes that jim and della know the true meaning of gift giving. b they buy gifts that can be returned if the other person doesn’t like it. c they only exchange gifts on special occasions. d they only spend money they can afford to spend.

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way