Students in Professor Ohno’s class were given a weekly quiz. The students grades on the first quiz were low, so Professor Ohno b
egan praising the performance of those students who answered the quiz questions correctly. As a result of this procedure, the students quiz performance improved on the rest of the quizzes. Positive / Negative.
Don’t entirely understand the type of question your asking, but it seems like a positive way of dealing with the low grades as he didn’t berate the people with low grades but lifted up the people with higher grades. So I would choose positive
You want to touch on the emotional side, to try and hook the audience, then come back with facts to show the real happenings. With that will come pathos.