An author’s word choice refers to his or her selection of particular words to convey meaning and to express specific ideas and attitudes.
Like writers of fiction and poetry, nonfiction writers also use vivid language, or
strong, precise words. Using strong verbs and precise adjectives helps readers
picture descriptions and actions and makes the writing more interesting. For
example, the sentence A big dog went by is vague and not very exciting. By
contrast, An enormous dog with curly black hair trotted down the gravel driveway
is much more specific and vivid.
A. DIRECTIONS: Rewrite the sentence using strong verbs and precise adjectives.
1.The game was cancelled, so Jake was sad.
2. While walking to school, I saw a bear.
3.Jose was happy to go on the trip.
4. Belinda walked on the beach.
5. Axel wanted to go to the concert because he liked the band.

getting ready for work:

i sit up in bed, the time is 6: 15.

i go in the bathroom and take a long hot shower and brush my teeth.

i get dressed then grab my keys and open the door, then i realize it is raining so i go back   and get an umbrella.

when i get in my car it has very little gas and right when i get there my car runs out of gas.

when i get inside i am fired for being late.

i hope this i spent an hour on this.

pathos were used a lot by ronald reagan in his speech which means that he used rhetorical strategies in his speech.its an emotion of sympathetic pity or compassion.the controversy of pathos refers to the emotional appeal of the readers or audiences and he uses it to his full potential in the speech of the challenger astronauts.

“today is a day for mourning and remembering. nancy and i are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle challenger. we know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. this is truly a national loss” (reagan).the above should go as an evidence of pathos being used by ronald reagan.