Read this excerpt from a speech given by president harry s. truman shortly before sending troops to korea: the communists in the kremlin are engaged in a monstrous conspiracy to stamp out freedom all over the world. if they were to succeed, the united states would be numbered among their principal victims. what type of audience appeal is most clearly used in the excerpt? a. logos b. ethos c. pathos d. kairos

C) Pathos

Explanation: When writing, an author can use several rhetorical devices in order to persuade, inform or impact the audience in the desired way. Three of the must used rhetorical devices are ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is an appeal to the audience's ethics, logos is an appeal to the audience's logic and pathos is an appeal to the audience's emotions. In the given excerpt we can see an example of the use of pathos, with emotionally charged words like "monstrous," "victims," etc.

thinking about things and referring to books instead of acting on superstition and gossip.