Another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was – as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. this grand tree is of course dead, a ghastly disfigured ruin, but it still stands erect and holds forth its majestic arms as if alive and saying, "forgive them; they know not what they do." —"save the redwoods," john muir what is the purpose of the appeal in this passage? to prove that felling the great trees is wrong by presenting reasons and evidence to evoke sympathy for the tree with striking imagery and language to emphasize that the loggers are not responsible for what they have done to establish muir as an expert on the subject of the redwoods

the purpose of the appeal in this passage is

to evoke sympathy for the tree with striking imagery and language

To evoke sympathy for the tree with striking imagery and language.

Explanation:

John Muir's brief essay "Save the Redwoods" as an argument for the preservation of the Redwoods, the giant sequoia trees that had been cut and used for some insignificant purposes. The essay details the wrongs of felling trees such as the sequoia trees and all those along the redwood grooves.

In the opening paragraph of the essay, he mentioned how two sequoia trees had been felled- one to be used as a dancing floor while the second tree's bark was skinned to be on display in a London museum. By using striking imagery and language to show the barbaric nature of these acts, Miur appeals to evoke sympathy to the readers about the plight of these trees.

Just find the words that are figurative language for example similes uses words to compare like or as and for metaphor u don't use words to compare like or as