Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know.
Explanation:
This statement is the one that best appeals to the readers' pathos. Pathos refers to a strategy in which the author appeals to the readers' emotions and sensibilities in order to persuade them to take a particular position. In this case, the author talks about the disasters in a way that is frightening and dark. Her goal is to create negative feelings in the readers so that they support the idea of putting an end to these disasters.
"Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know.
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Explanation:
Pathos is the device that allows a speech to make a strong appeal to the audience's emotions, because pathos is literally, the emotional appeal of the target audience.
The paragraph shown above is a strong example of pathos being used in a speech, because the speaker allows the audience to develop a feeling and express a bad and apprehensive emotion about something that has happened and that can accompany society.
