Question

What rhetorical strategy is the author using when he tries to scare the audience with the lifeboat metaphor in "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor"?

A. Ethos
B. Logos
C. Pathos
D. Deduction

Answer 1

I would say pathos. It goes along with the readers emotions and you did say scare the audience

Answer 2

C. Pathos

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhetorical strategy that is used in this text is pathos. Pathos refers to an appeal to emotion. The author appeals to the emotions of the readers when he talks about a lifeboat which contains all the population of the world. The author wants to evoke fear and concern in the mind of the reader in order to make his argument more persuasive.