Question

Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.

As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight, she kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.

Which rhetorical appeal is Tubman using to convince people to continue in the underlined portion of this except?

Logos, because she is using her own experience as a tool.
Pathos, because she is using her own credibility as a tool.
Logos, because she is appealing to her audience’s sense of logic.
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s needs.

Answer 1

Logos, because she is using her own experience as a tool.

Step-by-step explanation:

Evidence for this is the quote, 'she told them stories of her own first flight'. This means that she has experienced her first flight and is now using it as a tool to make others imagine what it would be like to be free.