Question

Read the following from "Letter from Birmingham Jail." (p. 204, paragraph 7)

"...when you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living
constantly at tip toe stance, never quite knowing what to expect next, and are plagued with
inner fears and outer resentments..."
Which of the following is true?
A. This is an example of the use of logos, because King demonstrates that he is trustworthy by citing facts and
examples.
B. This is not an example of the use of ethos, pathos or logos.
C. This is an example of the use of ethos, because King gives specific facts about incidents of racism and police
brutality that black people regularly experience.
D. This is an example of the use of pathos, because King communicates the feelings of fear, anxiety, stress and anger
experienced by black people due to racism

Answer 1

D

Explanation:The answer is D, pathos. Because the defenition of the word pathos is, your attempt to sway an audience emotionally, and if you read the poem the writer of it is talking about hauntings and fear and the writer is kind of bringing you in that situation of trauma by using the sentences and words like, "when you" and "you are". Those words bring the reader closer to those feelings of "knowing what to expect" and "being haunted by night", and all that of bringing the reader in that situation is called pathos.