Question

Yvette is trying to persuade her sister Dakota. Yvette wants Dakota to let her borrow her favorite dress. Yvette tells a heartrending tale about how she doesn’t have a suitable dress, and she’ll feel so lonely if she has to miss the school dance. Yvette’s argument primarily uses which mode of persuasion?

Answer 1

Answer:

Pathos.                          

Explanation:

Yvette's argument primarily uses pathos mode of persuasion.

Pathos is an attempt to persuade an individual by appealing to his/her emotion and evoking pity. In the scenario, Yvette is appealing to the emotion of her sister Dakota by trying to evoke pity.

Other modes of persuasion includes, ethos which involves trying to win the audience stating your credibility and logos which appeals to an audience by way of sound logically arguments

Answer 2

OPTIONS:

A. Logos.

B. Ethos.

C. Pathos.

D. Mythos

Answer:

C. Pathos

Explanation:

Pathos is a technique or mode of persuasion that majorly involves getting an audience to accept your opinion or argument by appealing to their emotions and feelings. This technique is used to arouse the feelings of the audience in order to gain their sympathy and pity, thereby persuading them to accept your plea or argument.

Yvette's can be to be primarily using the mode of persuasion called pathos in her argument, in order to gain the sympathy of Dakota her sister, as she tends to appeal to the emotions of Dakota in attempt to persuade her to lend her the dress.