Khianna can predict that what she is about to read will be a story about a person that was also written by the person the story is about.
The answer, I believe is PATHOS. Why?
• Definition of Pathos:
- An emotional appeal to an audience by eliciting feelings that reside in the presenter.
•• My Reasoning ••
- This sentence from the Declaration of Independence resonates the "feelings of the American colonists under British rule".
It could also be LOGOS. However, I believe that PATHOS might be the correct choice for the question. THEME and PURPOSE can be directly eliminated from the choices.
D. The enemy is crafty, unscrupulous, experienced in deception.
This is the best choice. By calling the enemy crafty, unscrupulous, experienced in deception, Stalin is feeding the hatred the people have for the enemy. He is detailing the traits that are not desired and makes the people feel as though they are justified in their efforts to defeat the enemy. These details are also insulting to the enemy and could also be used to incite the enemy.
Henry David Thoreau and during his time at Walden, Thoreau spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his poll tax. He withheld the tax to protest the existence of slavery and what he saw as an imperialistic war with Mexico. Released after a relative paid the tax, he wrote “Civil DisobedienceExternal” (originally published as “Resistance to Civil Government”)
