Which best explains the purpose of the rhetorical device used in the following sentences? we may have been defeated today, but we will be like the phoenix rising from its ashes. we will be victorious tomorrow. a. to build the author's ethos by referring to credible sources b. to appeal to the reader's logos through indisputable facts c. to prove a point by highlighting the obvious d. to create a memorable image by comparing two unlike objects

Aword that characteristics of both a verb and a noun

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Which excerpt best states the central idea of the second paragraph of the dark game ?