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Picture if you can, gentlemen, a naked little two-year-old boy so black with flies and mosquitoes it looks like he's wearing long johns. Which statement best describes why this excerpt is an appeal to pathos?
A. Phrases like "Picture if you can" help the author establish himself as an expert. B. Phrases like "black with flies" cause the reader to feel frightened for the little boy. C. Phrases like "black with flies" provide the reader with specific facts and details. D. Phrases like "Picture if you can" help the reader sympathize with the boy's situation.

Answer 1

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-Phrases like "black with flies" cause the reader to feel frightened for the little boy

Answer 2

B. Phrases like "black with flies" cause the reader to feel frightened for the little boy.

Pathos, as a mode of persuasion, aims to convince someone on something by appealing to people's emotion, usually by evoking emotions of pity, fear sympathy, or sorrow.

The phrase "black with flies" evokes emotions of fear, and sympathy for the boy, which, depending on the author's purpose, may convince a person of the seriousness of the situation or of getting more involved in the story.