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Which of these uses pathos?

a.We are starving because the food, if you can call this slop "food," at our school is not fit for the lowest grub on this fine Earth!
b.All of the other schools in our district offer organic foods in the lunchroom; therefore, our school should offer organic foods as well.
c.Yum Organics has been providing well-rounded organic lunches to schools on the West Coast for more than 15 years.
d.The food at our school is O.K.; however, I wish we had more organic choices.

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A) it invokes a reaction or feeling helpful in persuasion "we are starving" (sympathy)

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The correct answer is A. We are starving because the food, if you can call this slop "food," at our school is not fit for the lowest grub on this fine Earth!

Step-by-step explanation:

In persuasion, the word "pathos" refers to the use of language, references, descriptions or similar that have an influence on the audience emotions and feelings and which is used to convince the audience to support the speakers' ideas. Because of this, it is common in pathos appeal or persuasion technique that the speaker used words and expressions that are emotionally charged and that do not rely on logic but on judgments and emotions.

Considering this, the statement that uses pathos is " We are starving because the food, if you can call this slop "food," at our school is not fit for the lowest grub on this fine Earth!" because in this statement the speaker or writer uses words charged of feelings such as "starving", "slop food" or "lowest grup" that are not based on logic and evidence but on emotions and that have an effect on the audience that would really feel they are starving and that better food should be offered.

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