Read the excerpt from president woodrow wilson’s speech, “war message to congress.” we have no quarrel with the german people. we have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. it was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war. it was not with their previous knowledge or approval. which best states the type of appeal that is in the excerpt? ethos, an appeal based on the speaker’s character logos, an appeal based on logic or reason pathos, an appeal based on emotion force, an appeal based on the audience’s fear of harm

The type of appeal that is being used in the excerpt is Pathos, an appeal based on emotion. This implies the third option is the correct answer.

It is one of the three major modes of persuasion, others are ethos and logos. Pathos refers to an appeal that is made to an audience to raise their feelings.

In literature, a writer can also use pathos to motivate its readers. Pathos is a common strategy that is used to persuade or in an argument.

An appeal based on emotion can be a powerful way of expressing one’s state of mind and persuade the audience to key into your viewpoint. It is a major strategy that can be used to make the audience to agree with your standpoint.

However, pathos means suffering or experience. It is a Greek word used by Aristotle. Aristotle described pathos as a means of influencing or waking up people’s emotions to make the people or audience to agree with the frame of mind of the speaker.

President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 addressed congress and proposed a 14 point program. The fourteen points were proposed to negotiate a peace that will end World War I and Part of what he proposed was the abolition of secret treaties.

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