Read this excerpt from t. c. boyle's "top of the food chain": the villagers [were] in a panic over the threat of the plague and the stream of nonstop hysterical reports from the interior — people were turning black, swelling up and bursting. which statement best describes why this excerpt is an appeal to pathos? a. words like "panic" and "hysterical" cause the reader to feel frightened for the people. b. words like "villagers" and "reports" provide the reader with specific facts and details. c. words like "villagers" and "reports" the reader sympathize with the people's situation. d. words like "panic" and "hysterical" the author establish himself as an expert.

Considering the ways of identifying pathos, we can have different, but correct answers. Instead of that, we have given multiple choices that we can extract the correct option among them. All of these options discuss characteristics of pathos, identifying it as an emotional appeal, empathy and fact. However, only in the first option the description and the excerpt details match. Correct answer is A.

it would probably be inspector gadget cause he has a talking !

i mean who wouldnt want to have a talking

and all those cool things he could do!

hope this !

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the answer is c. loyalty can be instilled by regularly reminding people why their leader is great.

good luck pls mark brainliest!