Pathos appeals are usually focused on generating emotions because people generally dislike them and are motivated to respond to the appeal to reduce those feelings.

The answer is negative emotions. It is because it is true that people dislikes negative thoughts or emotions in a way that when they are being brought up, they are likely to respond in a motivated way in a way of avoiding or reducing the feelings that the negative emotions brought up.

the historians cited in the article all agree with one another about the cause of the civil war. despite coming from different backgrounds and cultures, the historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the civil war. the fact that all these historiansgenerally agree with one another makes their shared viewpoints more reliable and valid, especially because the historians have different backgrounds and all work for the well-respected institutions of howard university, clemson university, and the university of colorado.