By telling them about the place to stay, warmth, and good food, Tubman is appealing to pathos. This rhetorical appeal focuses on evoking emotions and feelings to motivate and persuade the audience. In this case, she uses comforting imagery to inspire hope and encouragement for the journey ahead.
Use the highlighter to identify language used to motivate.
She had told them about the place where they would stay, promising warmth and good food, holding these things out to them as an incentive to keep going.
—Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the
Underground Railroad, Ann Petry
By telling them about the place to stay, warmth, and good food, Tubman is appealing to which rhetorical appeal?
logos
pathos
ethos
the rhetorical triangle
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