Question

Which excerpt from Silent Spring best appeals to readers' pathos?

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

"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:

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.