The excerpt that is an example of Tubman using pathos to convince her audience to continue on is: “painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.” This phrase evokes emotion and appeals to the desires and hopes of the runaways, encouraging them to persevere in their journey toward freedom.
Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.
She had never been in Canada. The route beyond Philadelphia was strange to her. But she could not let the runaways who accompanied her know this. As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight, she kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.
Which excerpt from the passage is an example of Tubman using pathos to convince her audience to continue on?
“but she could not let the runaways who accompanied her know this”
“as they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight”
“the route beyond Philadelphia was strange to her”
“painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free”
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