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She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.

Which best describes how Tubman is using pathos in this excerpt?

She is trying to motivate her audience by telling them about a special person they may meet.
She is trying to inspire her audience by telling them about someone else who escaped.
She is trying to motivate her audience by telling them they could become very well known.
XShe is trying to inspire her audience by telling them personal stories about herself.

She had told them about the place where they would stay, promising warmth and good food, holding these things out to them as an incentive to keep going.

Which rhetorical appeal is Tubman primarily using in this excerpt to convince people to continue?

0an appeal to the audience’s wants and needs
an appeal based on the authority of the speaker
an appeal to the audience’s sense of logic
an appeal based on the speaker’s credibility

As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight, she kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.

Which rhetorical appeal is Tubman using to convince people to continue in the underlined portion of this except?

Logos, because she is using her own experience as a tool.
Pathos, because she is using her own credibility as a tool.
XLogos, because she is appealing to her audience’s sense of logic.
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s needs.

She said that he had thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby's, and the kindest eyes she had ever seen. He was a big man and strong, but he had never used his strength to harm anyone, always to help people. He would give all of them a new pair of shoes. Everybody. He always did.

In this excerpt, which rhetorical appeal does Tubman primarily use to convince people to continue?

an appeal to the audience’s sense of reason and logic
0an appeal to the audience’s physical and emotional needs
an appeal to the audience’s sense of respect for the speaker
an appeal to the audience’s knowledge and facts

She had never been in Canada. The route beyond Philadelphia was strange to her. But she could not let the runaways who accompanied her know this. As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight, she kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.

Which excerpt from the passage is an example of Tubman using pathos to convince her audience to continue on?

“but she could not let the runaways who accompanied her know this”
“as they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight”
“the route beyond Philadelphia was strange to her”
0“painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free”

In which excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is Tubman using logos?

“He would give all of them a new pair of shoes. Everybody. He always did. Once they reached his house in Wilmington, they would be safe. He would see to it that they were.”
0“She tried to explain to them why none of them could go back to the plantation. If a runaway returned, he would turn traitor, the master and the overseer would force him to turn traitor.”
“She had never been in Canada but she kept painting wondrous word pictures of what it would be like. She managed to dispel their fear of pursuit, so that they would not become hysterical, panic-stricken.”
“Sometimes she told them things to make them laugh, sometimes she sang to them, and heard the eleven voices behind her blending softly with hers, and then she knew that for the moment all was well with them.”

In Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, which rhetorical appeal is Tubman using when she tells the runaways about her own experiences to gain credibility?

Xlogos
argument
ethos
pathos

She started talking about William Still and the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee. No one commented. No one asked any questions.

In this excerpt, which rhetorical appeal is Tubman attempting to use to convince people to continue?

Ethos, because she is using her own knowledge as a tool.
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s needs.
Ethos, because she is appealing to their emotional needs.
XPathos, because she is using facts to convince her audience.

In which excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is Tubman using pathos?

X“She tried to explain to them why none of them could go back to the plantation. If a runaway returned, he would turn traitor, the master and the overseer would force him to turn traitor.”
“Then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling.”
“She started talking about William Still and the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee. No one commented. No one asked any questions. She told them the story of William and Ellen Craft and how they escaped from Georgia.”
“She said that he had thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby's, and the kindest eyes she had ever seen. He was a big man and strong, but he had never used his strength to harm anyone, always to help people.”

Which excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is the best example of Tubman using pathos?

“Sometimes she told them about Thomas Garrett, in Wilmington. She said he was their friend even though he did not know them.”
“She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.”
0“She had told them about the place where they would stay, promising warmth and good food, holding these things out to them as an incentive to keep going.”
“She told them the story of William and Ellen Craft and how they escaped from Georgia.”