Question

as of september 1, 2001, the federal judiciary consisting of supreme, circuit and district court judges was about 22% women. in 1992, nearly ten years ago, when i was first appointed a district court judge, the percentage of women in the total federal judiciary was only 13%. —“a latina judge’s voice,” sonia sotomayor what type of appeal does the speaker use in this passage? dropdown with ethos, logos, pathos how does this of this appeal support the author’s purpose? dropdown

Explanation:

First Question (What type of appeal...):

The passage uses numerical data (22% in 2001, 13% in 1992) to make a point, which is characteristic of logos (appeal to logic through facts/statistics). Ethos is about credibility, pathos about emotion; here, numbers are used for logical appeal.

Answer:

logos

Second Question (How does this appeal...):

(Note: Since the exact options for the second dropdown aren't fully visible, but based on the appeal type (logos), the support would involve using factual data (percentages of women in federal judiciary over time) to logically show the change in representation, reinforcing the author's purpose (likely about progress in judicial diversity or her experience in context) by providing concrete, logical evidence. If we assume typical options related to "using factual data/statistics to show...", the answer would align with that. But as the second dropdown's options aren't fully given, we focus on the first answer as per the visible part.)

For the first question's answer: