Which of these uses pathos? a.) the thunderclouds have won 10 out of 12 games this season, and they are ranked number one in the division. b.) our basketball team has a chance of winning the state championship game this year. c.) anderson soars through the air like superman and catches the ball. then he tosses it into the basket with force of hercules. d.) dribble it. pass it. throw it. we want a basket.

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way