Question

Which of the following sentences use ethos or pathos to appeal to emotions? Check all that are correct. “I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.” “I have seen many patients suffer needlessly because they had no insurance.” “The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.” “The patient came to me after the infection had spread to his brain.”

Answer 1

Answer:

There are two sentences which uses ethos or pathos in order to appeal to emotions.

Those two sentences are-

“I have seen many patients suffer needlessly because they had no insurance”.

“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of toothache.”

Explanation:

These two sentences shows the different aspects which the writer wants to express to the readers. The emotion is best understood with the help of this ethos or pathos.

Answer 2

Answer:

B).  “I have seen many patients suffer needlessly because they had no insurance.”

C). “The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.”

Explanation:

Appeal to emotion is demonstrated as the logical fallacy in which the author presents or manipulates the argument subjectively in order to persuade the audience emotionally to accept and believe in his claim.

As per the question, options B and C exemplify the sentences that employs ethos(ethical appeal) or pathos(emotional appeal) to convince the readers or audience emotionally to gain acceptance from them. The use of 'I' in option B('I...insurance') displays that the speaker persuades the audience ethically('credibility of the speaker') while the use of descriptive words like 'worst' convinces them by eliciting emotions of pity or sympathy. Thus, options B and C are the correct answers.