which of the following choices best expresses the type of appeal wilson uses in this passage?

which of the following choices best expresses the type of appeal wilson uses in this passage?

A. the author uses logos to develop his argument by providing factual information about pilot whales in new england.

B. the author uses logos to develop his argument by gaining sympathy for the pilot whales in new england.

C. the author uses pathos to develop his argument by including emotionally charged language to evoke a response.

D. the author uses pathos to develop his argument by chastising the reader for the destruction of the environment.

Answer: C. the author uses pathos to develop his argument by including emotionally charged language to evoke a response.

Pathos is an appeal to emotions and is a type of persuasion which when well employed tends to appeal to the reader’s emotions hence making them more inclined to accept what the writer of the article is relaying to them. To appeal to the reader, Wilson uses pathos within this passage to appeal to the emotions of the reader by illustrating the catastrophe that has befallen pilot whales in New England.

Wilson’s improper use of sign language is directly targeting the reader’s emotions, goals or even pity. This approach can be better than just informing the audience, mainly because it makes the latter care about the problem. For instance, by giving details of the fight of the whales the author might use words like suffer or the visually appealing description of the beauty of the whales’ environment that is under threat of being destroyed.

Wilson might use ‘royal animals struggling for existence’ or ‘dreary sounds of struggling whales reverberating in the water bodies that were once calm’. The author could also use passionate words and say that some of these animals are deprived of their loved ones or that some routes that those creatures used for centuries of their migrations are interrupted because of people’s clumsiness.

This use of pathos doesn’t therefore necessarily mean that the author is not also presenting facts. Although, the primary concern lies with the reader’s feelings, of empathy or concern and the prospects of intervening on behalf of these marine mammals. With this, Wilson seeks to appeal to the reader’s emotions in a way that ensures that the latter gets moved in a manner that makes the argument easily stick to the reader’s heart.