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"Lonesome George's Genome Offers Clues to Long Life"

by Vicky Stein

Lonesome George, a wizened Galapagos giant tortoise, was the last of his kind.

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Question
Use the sentence to answer the question.

Which type of rhetoric does the author use in this sentence?

(1 point)
Responses

inductive reasoning
inductive reasoning

ethos
ethos

pathos
pathos

logos
logos
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User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 hour ago

The author uses pathos in this sentence. The phrase "Lonesome George, a wizened Galapagos giant tortoise, was the last of his kind" evokes an emotional response, highlighting the uniqueness and lonely plight of the tortoise, which can elicit feelings of sympathy and sadness from the reader.