Read this excerpt from a speech Eleanor Roosevelt made following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Which phrase or sentence demons
trates the use of pathos? By tomorrow morning the members of Congress will have a full report and be ready for action. In the meantime, we the people are already prepared for action. For months now the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads and yet it seemed impossible to believe, impossible to drop the everyday things of life and feel that there was only one thing which was important—preparation to meet an enemy no matter where he struck. That is all over now and there is no more uncertainty. We know what we have to face and we know that we are ready to face it.
A. By tomorrow morning the members of Congress will have a full report and be ready for action.
B. For months now the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads
C. Preparation to meet an enemy no matter where he struck.
D. We know what we have to face and we know that we are ready to face it.
It can be said that this excerpt is an approach to the "forbidden door". it seems that the reader gets in the mood by reading this description. The paragraph is full of vivid ideas which makes it simple to picture what is happening and how this person is feeling when listening to that tapping,
