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Is this an example of pathos? ↓

Women must work three months longer on average to equal what men earned in a year.

Even in job categories, such as child care, that are predominantly occupied by women, they still only earn about 95 percent of men's wages for performing the same jobs.

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Answer:

pathos

[ˈpāˌTHäs]

NOUN

a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Step-by-step explanation:

SYNONYMS ; piteousness, SADNESS, pitifulness.

your answer is essentially correct, but a bit controversial on the women thing.. otherwise, nice work

on the Women must work three months longer on average to equal what men earned in a year. The men are the ones that we feel bad in the sentence for because they work a year, and women a year

User Kim Aldis
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This is a mix of Pathos and Logos, pathos because the topic of women working longer and logos because of the evidence
User Anil Kukadeja
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